{"product_id":"shadows-over-kabul-by-tam-hussein-9780755658497","title":"Shadows Over Kabul","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt the time of the Taliban offensive, Hamdullah Mohib was the Afghan National Security Advisor, the closest man to the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with award-winning journalist, Tam Hussein, \u003cem\u003eShadows Over Kabul\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCovering 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48022051389676,"sku":"9780755658497","price":44.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780755658497-shadows-over-kabul.jpg?v=1785287471","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/shadows-over-kabul-by-tam-hussein-9780755658497","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}