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The Taliban Shuffle : Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent--she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider's account of the "forgotten war" in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America's initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to finish the job. When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some aren't allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the U.S. and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping as the Afghan and Pakistani governments floun?der. Barker watches Afghan police recruits make a travesty of practice drills and observes the disorienting turnover of diplomatic staff. She is pursued romantically by the former prime minister of Pakistan and sees adrenaline-fueled col?leagues disappear i

Who reads The Taliban Shuffle : Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Author

Kim Barker

Publisher

Anchor

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385533317

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Language Learning, Humor

Rating

3.42 / 5 (210 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14