Shadows Over Kabul

An Insider’s Account of the Fall of the Afghan Republic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

At the time of the Taliban offensive, Hamdullah Mohib was the Afghan National Security Advisor, the closest man to the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani. It was Mohib who took the decision to leave during the fall of the Afghan republic. Western journalists blamed the Afghan government for the events of 2021. But this personal eyewitness account tells a new story.Written with award-winning journalist, Tam Hussein, the book is based on hours of interviews with Hamdullah Mohib between 2021 and 2024. Mohib shares his personal insights as somebody who was born under the shadow of the Soviet invasion, came to Britain as a child refugee, and scaled the echelons of power in Afghanistan to become Afghan ambassador to Washington and National Security Advisor. Covering Afghanistan's history since 1980, and based on Mohib's personal experiences, the book reveals why the downfall of the republic was the result of Western and Afghan leaders’ betrayal.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-17
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780755658497

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Tam Hussein is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of several books. He has been recognized by the Royal Television Society Awards and been nominated for the Orwell prize twice. He is Associate Editor at New Lines magazine and a writer who has reported on jihadist networks, foreign fighters, trafficking and criminal networks.Hamdullah Mohib is former Afghan National Security Advisor of Afghanistan and former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States. He fled Afghanistan along with President Ashraf Ghani after the 2021 Taliban offensive, just before the fall of Kabul. He currently lives in exile in the UAE. He holds a PhD from Brunel University, UK.

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Hamdullah Mohib was a key witness to some of the most dramatic events in recent Afghan history, and his recollections of those events, provided here for the first time in detail, are critical building-blocks of a richer historical understanding.

Innehållsförteckning

Author Preface by Hamdullah MohibAuthor Preface by Tam Hussein Overview of Afghan History Cast of CharactersPart 1: Beginnings — From Refugee to PoliticianChapter 1: The Accidental MujahidChapter 2: Refugee Boy Chapter 3: The Asylum SeekerChapter 4: Undergraduate Student—Debt, Duty, and DestinyChapter 5: HomecomingChapter 6: Return to the UK and a New BeginningPart 2: The Rise — The Politics of HopeChapter 7: Ghani for PresidentChapter 8: In the Halls of Power Chapter 9: The AppointmentChapter 10: Ambassador Mohib (2015-2018)Chapter 11: National Security AdvisorPart 3: THE FALL — Why the Republic FellChapter 12: The Business of Running A RepublicChapter 13:Zalmay Khalilzad and the Great BetrayalChapter 14: Divide and Leave Chapter 15: The Prisoner Release—A Turning Point in the CollapseChapter 16: The Presidential Crisis, the Taliban and Peace TalksChapter 17: Pakistan Chapter 18: The Collapse—From Rumours to RealityChapter 19: Exile and Betrayal EpilogueBibliography