Kara Kush

by Ahmad Shah

In 1979, Soviet tanks rolled across the borders of Afghanistan, beginning a period of barbaric aggression that marked a turning point in modern history. Convinced that a resistance movement is imperative, and that he is the one to lead it, the Afghan-born, American-schooled Adam Durany quickly returns to his homeland to lead an uprising against the Soviet invasion. Durany’s rebellion, however, faces insurmountable odds. Not only must he and his band of ill-equipped freedom fighters and agents repulse an occupying superpower from Afghanistan’s cities and valleys, but they must also protect and keep secret from the Russian invaders a hoard of legendary lost gold that was located after centuries, and which the Communists are also desperately seeking. Based upon Idries Shah’s travels in wartime Afghanistan, and on real-life characters, Kara Kush is a riveting and fast-paced novel about one of the greatest freedom struggles of all times.‘The best war novel I have read…as exciting as Shogun.’

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