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The book explains how the war against the soviets began and how the cia became involved during the cold war years. With avan jogia, kim coates, luvia petersen, jesse moss. He is a staff writer for the new yorker, and previously worked for twenty years at he. Seems to have a lot of credible connections in both us and pakistan militaries. Also by steve coll the bin ladens ghost wars on the grand trunk road eagle on the street with david a. Seems to have a lot of credible connections in both us and pakistan. Read ghost wars the secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invas ion to september 10, 2001 by steve coll. With the publication of ghost wars, steve coll became not only a pulitzer prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the taliban, the emergence of bin laden, and the secret.
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