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Author Howard, R. W. (Ross W.), author

Title Kafiristan / Ross Howard
Published Carindale, Qld. : IP (Interactive Publications), 2014

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Contents Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Chapter Twenty-Eight -- Chapter Twenty-Nine -- Chapter Thirty -- Chapter Thirty-One -- Chapter Thirty-Two -- Chapter Thirty-Three -- Chapter Thirty-Four -- Chapter Thirty-Five -- Chapter Thirty-Six -- Chapter Thirty-Seven -- Chapter Thirty-Eight -- Chapter Thirty-Nine -- Chapter Forty -- Chapter Forty-One -- Notes
Summary This is a story of friendship, betrayal and retribution. We follow the fortunes of Ahmed Taseer, a boy from an isolated mountain village in Afghanistan. When a close friend is orphaned and seized by the Taliban to become a suicide bomber, Ahmed and his friend Haziz retaliate. Ka?firistan explores how opposition to radical religion and narcissistic power can trigger events that can take a boy to the other side of the world. In Australia, Ahmed navigates the fate of asylum seekers, assimilates into a foreign culture and becomes a man. He questions ingrained religious perceptions and finds
SUBJECT Nuristan (Afghanistan : Region) -- Fiction
Subject Afghanistan -- Nuristan (Region)
Genre/Form Fiction.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781922120960
1922120960