The Afghans

The Afghans is not simply an addictively engrossing read, but is also a work of real importance as we come to terms with Afghanistan's recent past and the return of the Taliban. This is a deeply human piece of writing which approaches the war through the eyes of the Afghans, men and women, who lived it, who made impossible choices at difficult moments, and who continue to live with the consequences. Harrowing, uplifting, fascinating, challenging and profound, no other recent book on the subject comes close * CPW Gammell, author of The Pearl of Khorasan: A History of Herat *
Seierstad is masterful ... her book is world class * Aftonbladet *
Gripping ... Seierstad succeeds in transforming the demonised stereotype - a Taliban terrorist - into a living, comprehensible human being * Expressen *
Enthralling and heart-breaking * Dagens Noeringsliv *