Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist impulse to join the world and the pull of an older Afghanistan - a tribal universe of village republics permeated by Islam.

Now, Tamim Ansary draws on his Afghan background, Muslim roots, and Western and Afghan sources to explain history from the inside out and to illuminate the long, internal struggle that the outside world has never fully understood. It is the story of a nation struggling to take form, a nation undermined by its own demons while every 40 to 60 years a great power disrupts whatever progress has been made. Related in storytelling style, Games Without Rules provides revelatory insight into a country at the center of political debate.

Tamim Ansary is the award-winning author of Destiny Disrupted and West of Kabul, East of New York. He has been a major contributing writer to several secondary-school history textbooks offering an Islamic perspective.

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Listening Length	14 hours and 40 minutes
Author	Tamim Ansary
Narrator	Tamim Ansary
Audible.com.au Release Date	27 November 2012
Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NWEMYBE
Best Sellers Rank	74,405 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 14 in Turkey History 35 in Middle East Politics & Government 53 in History of Central Asia

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Hussain

Good book on history of Afghanistan

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2022

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Very enjoyable read, great learning experience. The author writes well only point of caution is that he is a secular historian and has no understanding of Islamic law and needs to refrain from making comments on Islamic law.

Daydreamer

Afganistan is a mystery to me - so i bought this book because it was recommended by a friend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2016

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Many news reports that feature Afganistan have been appearing in the media for more years than i can remember. What is the problem? Why do statements made in the media by persons in authority - alway seem to be wrong? Afganistan is a mystery to me - so i bought this book because it was recommended by a friend. An explanation of how the Nation of Afganistan has evolved during the past two centuries are laid out by Ansary in a clear and readable manner. He describes the social structures of the Nation and the ways that internal and external forces have influenced or distorted the accepted ballance of power within the Country. The narrative is always interesting and well reasoned. I am now better informed. This time by an author who is an Afgan National writing about his own country with understanding. Recommended

Raza

Bud Nabud Budyar Bud..

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2016

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The often interrupted history of Afghanistan, often interrupted by the writer with very unnecessary contents such as stories of his family, his story, his grandmother, his uncle who never practised dentistry, such stories used to sound wonderful when I was a kid but when the title clearly states Interrupted History of Afghanistan - I was honestly, expecting the read about the history of the interruptions but as I said earlier the writer interrupts it himself. If you enjoy those good old Afghan story telling (we, as kids, used to gather around in aunty's room and listen to stories that always started with "Bud Nabud Budyar Bud" that's at least how I remember it. Meaning: Afghan version of once upon a time, kinda) then you will enjoy reading this book, or as matter of fact try the audiobook (narrated by the writer), I promise it will refresh your childhood memories.

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Cold Coffee

Very readable and informative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2021

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This excellent book explains the history and you can really see why recent events have happened

Christa D'Souza

So so easy to understand completely gripped preferred to William dalrymple's book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2013

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Anyone wanting to understand what's going on any why its going in Afghanistan must read this. Picks up where William dalrymple's book left off.

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