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The Gardener of Lashkar Gah

By Larisa Brown

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah

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"Beautifully researched and deeply moving, [this book] brought me to tears more than once" - John Simpson, The Guardian "First-class...exhaustively researched and sensitively written" - The Times From the journalist who investigated the shocking 2022 Afghan data breach, the extraordinary true story of the ordinary Afghans during the end of the 'War on Terror'. The sudden withdrawal of British and American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, ended the 20 year war on terror, yet it also left Afghanistan to be reconquered by the Taliban. As violence and religious fundamentalism once again overwhelmed the region, thousands of Afghans who loyally served the British and American armies were left behind. This is the story of what happened to them when the West left. The Gardener of Lashkar Gah follows the extraordinary journey of Shaista Gul, a kind former-policeman who built a beautiful garden inside a military base that became famous as a calm oasis for soldiers with troubled minds. Other members of his family worked for the allies, including his son Jamal, who became an interpreter for the British Army when he was just a teenager. Following the chaotic withdrawal of allied troops, a suicide bombing at Kabul airport and a desperate scramble to re-unite loved ones and evacuate the region, all members of the family suffered. Larisa Brown - Defence Editor for The Times, award-winning journalist and a campaigner for the interpreters of Afghanistan - has spent hundreds of hours talking to members of the Gul family and others across the region in order to tell their remarkable stories. In heart-warming and beautifully human prose, she unspools a tale of courage, hope and sacrifice - with the hopes and dreams of the family counterpointed against the violence, anger and chaos raging in Afghanistan at the time.
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Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2023-08-31
Publication Date:
2024-02-06
Publisher:
Bloomsbury USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1399411020
ISBN13:
9781399411028
Weight:
502 g
Height:
15.7 cm
Width:
23.6 cm
Thickness:
2.9 cm
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