The Afghans

Contents: Up and down the Hindu Kush; The peoples of Afghanistan; The early years; The advent of the Indo-Iranian speaking peoples; Archaeology and the Indo-Iranians; Scythian horsemen; Opening up to the West; The Greeks; Northern rulers; The reassertioin of the Iranian west; The advent of Islam; The Iranian dynasties; The Mongols; Towards the Kingdom of Afghanistan; The Sadozay dynasty; War with Britain; The Dynasty of Amir´ Abd al-Rahman Khan; Changing Afghanistan; The years of communism; After the Soviets.