A better book on Afghan combat aspects is Toby Harnden, Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain's War in Afghanistan (London: Qercus, 2011). Edward Giradet, Killing the Cranes: ...

representatives of the former King of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, and representatives of various other exiled Afghan groups. The agreement brought Hamid Karzai to power as the first interim leader of ...