Table of Contents

Introduction The Road to War Soviet Strategy, Tactics, and Dilemmas The Development of Afghan Resistance The Karmal Period, 1979–1986 The Najibullah–Gorbachev Period, 1986–1989 The Road to Soviet Withdrawal Consequences of the Soviet–Afghan War The Interregnum of Najibullah, 1989–1992 The Rise and Fall of the Rabbani Government, 1992–1996 The Rise and Rule of the Taliban, 1994–2001 The Fall of the Taliban regime The Karzai era Afghanistan from 2014.

About the Author

WILLIAM MALEY is Professor of Diplomacy at the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at The Australian National University, Australia, where he served as Foundation Director from 2003 to 2014.