The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban by Brown, Larisa

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781399411004)

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The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban by Brown, Larisa

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban

$18.00
The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban by Brown, Larisa

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah: The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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"Beautifully researched and deeply moving " - John Simpson, The Guardian

"First-class...exhaustively researched and sensitively written" - The Times

The extraordinary true story of the Afghans who risked their lives for us.

The 20-year war in Afghanistan is the longest of the 21st century and resulted in tragedy and opportunity for those who lived through it. The sudden withdrawal of British and American troops in August 2021 allowed the Taliban to recapture the country, leading to turmoil for many Afghans who had served alongside NATO forces.

This is the story of one such family. Following the journey of Shaista Gul who built a garden inside a British base in Lashkar Gah. Shaista and his family faced great danger and sacrifice, but also found hope and courage throughout the war.

Larisa Brown - Defence Editor for The Sunday Times, award-winning journalist and a campaigner for the interpreters of Afghanistan - spent years with the family to tell their story and provides a unique insight into one family's bittersweet experience during the end of the 'War on Terror'.

Author: Larisa Brown
ISBN-10: 1399411004
ISBN-13: 9781399411004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Language: English
Published: 06/10/2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d
By Larisa Brown
By Larisa Brown
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Larisa Brown is a multi-award winning journalist and Defence Editor of The Times. She has many years of experience reporting from conflict zones around the world, including Syria, Libya and Afghanistan. Prior to joining The Times, Larisa was Defence and Security Editor at the Daily Mail where she spearheaded the newspaper's much praised Betrayal of the Brave campaign. It fought for interpreters who helped fight the Taliban to be given sanctuary in Britain and won Campaign of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2018.

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