The following are a selection of books on Afghanistan.  These books are linked to show the complete table of contents and excerpts from the jacket/preface (please click on the hyperlinked  Details number at the end of each title). 

 

Updated February, 2008

History of Afghanistan/Abdul Sabahuddin. New Delhi, Global Vision Publishing House, 2008, viii, 204 p., $31. ISBN 81-8220-246-9.  Details No. 54998

Account of the Kingdom of Caubul and Its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary and India Comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation and A History of the Dooraunee Monarchy/Mountstuart Elphinstone. Reprint. Originally published in London in 1815. 1998, xxi, 675 p., col. plates, maps, $63. ISBN 81-215-0861-4. Details No. 14254

Afghan Buzkashi : Power Games and Gamesmen/edited by Sreedhar and Mahendra Ved. Delhi, Wordsmiths, 2000, 2 vols., 567 p., $55 (set). ISBN 81-87412-01-1. Details No. 15624 

Afghan Turmoil : Changing Equations/Sreedhar and Mahendra Ved. New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1998, 222 p., $20. ISBN: 81-7002-070-0. Details No. 22217

The Afghan War and Its Geopolitical Implications for India/edited by Salman Haidar. New Delhi, Manohar, 2004, 199 p., $24. ISBN 81-7304-558-5.  Details No. 38038

Afghanistan, Central Asia, Pakistan and the United States/Musa Khan Jalalzai. Lahore, Bookbiz, 2003, 301 p., $33. ISBN 969-8761-01-2.  Details No. 37560

Afghanistan : The Challenge/edited by K. Warikoo. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, xxvi, 378 p., tables, $55. ISBN 81-8274-254-4.  Details No. 48574

Afghanistan : Challenges and Opportunities/edited by K. Warikoo. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, 3 Vols., 1282 p., tables, graphs, maps, figs., $110 (set). ISBN 81-8274-263-3. Details No. 49571

The Afghanistan Crisis : Issues and Perspectives/edited by K.Warikoo. New Delhi, Bhavana Books and Prints, 2002, xxx, 523 p., $55. ISBN 81-86505-63-6. Details No. 30740 

The Afghanistan Crisis : Problems and Perspectives. New Delhi, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, 2002, v, 171 p., $14. ISBN 81-87614-07-2.  Details No. 36105

Afghanistan : Dynamics of Survival/edited by Jagmohan Meher. New Delhi, Kalpaz, 2008, 312 p., $33. ISBN 81-7835-640-6.  Details No. 53726

Afghanistan : The First Fault-line War/Col. G.D. Bakshi, VSM. 2nd edition, Lancer, 2001, 194 p., $28.  Details No. 14385

Afghanistan : Government and Politics/edited by Verinder Grover. New Delhi, Deep and Deep, 2000, 523 p., $55. ISBN 81-7100-927-1. Details No. 23096

Afghanistan : Things Fall Apart. Delhi, Wordsmiths, 2002, 480 p., maps, $39. ISBN 81-87412-04-6. Details No. 23113

Afghanistan : Towards a Viable State/Arpita Basu Roy. Haryana, Hope India Publications, 2002, 208 p., $28. ISBN 81-7871-015-3. Details No. 27316

Afghanistan and Asian Stability/edited by V.D. Chopra. 1998, 238 p., tables, $28. Details No. 12991

Afghanistan and Central Asia in the New Great Game/Shams-Ud-Din and Bhaswati Sarkar. New Delhi, Lancer’s Books, 2003, 193 p., $24. ISBN 81-7095-097-X.  Details No. 30668

Afghanistan and the Great Game/Suhash Chakravarty. Delhi, New Century, 2002, viii, 341 p., $37. ISBN 81-7708-020-2. Details No. 24500

Afghanistan and Super Powers/Mohammad Khalid Ma’aroof. New Delhi, Commonwealth, x, 347 p., $39. ISBN 81-7169-043-2. Details No. 23089

Afghanistan and the Taliban: The Rebirth of Fundamentalism?/William Maley. New Delhi, Penguin, 2001, xviii, 253 p., $17. ISBN 0-14-302802-2. Details No. 23035

Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare/Hy S. Rothstein. New Delhi, Manas, 2006, xviii, 218 p., photos, figs., $28. ISBN 81-7049-306-4.  Details No. 46001

Afghanistan in Transition/edited by Sreedhar. New Delhi, Indian Council of World Affairs, 2003, 232 p., $25. Details No. 31993

Afghanistan in World Politics : A Study of Afghan U.S. Relations/Mohammad Khalid Ma’Aroof. Delhi, Gian, 1987, x, 164 p., $11. ISBN 81-212-0097-0. Details No. 23111

Afghanistan of the Afghans/Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah. New Delhi, Bhavana Books, 2000, 272 p., $36. ISBN: 81-86505-26-1. Details No. 22022

America's Afghanistan War : The Success that Failed/Jagmohan Meher. Delhi, Kalpaz, 2004, 325 p., $42. ISBN 81-7835-262-1.   Details No. 34225

Ariana Antiqua : A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan with a Memoir on the Buildings Called Topes by C. Masson/H.H. Wilson. Reprint. First published : London, 1841. 1997, xvi, 452 p., 22 plates, $63. Details No.12919

Asia Annual – 2001/edited by Mahavir Singh. Delhi, Shipra, 2001, x, 302 p., $31. ISBN 81-7541-095-7. Details No. 23348

Asiatic Neighbours/S.S. Thorburn. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana Books, xvii, 315 p., $42. ISBN: 81-86505-10-5. Details No. 22038

An Assault on Humanity : Afghanistan in Cultural Perspective/Krishna Mishra. Delhi, Indian Publishers, 2003, xvi, 143 p., $17. ISBN 81-7341-263-4.  Details No. 28713

Blue is the Colour of Heaven : A Journey into Afghanistan/Richard Loseby. New Delhi, Penguin, 2004, 240 p., map, $14 (pbk). ISBN 0-14-303176-7.  Details No. 35109

Cabool : Being a Personal Narrative of a Journey to, and Residence in that City, in the Years 1836, 7 and 8/Alexander Burnes. Reprint. First Published in 1842. New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001, 398 p., $33. ISBN 81-215-1026-0. Details No. 20468

Central Asia : A Gathering Storm?/edited by Boris Rumer. Delhi, Aakar Books, 2003, xiv, 442 p., tables, map, $55. ISBN 81-87879-13-0.   Details No. 32001

Central Asia : Imperialistic Motivations and Sinkian'g/Aftab Ahmad Khan. 1998, vi, 164 p., $24. ISBN 81-86762-11-6. Details No. 14380 

A Dictionary of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language, in Which the Words are Traced to their Sources in the Indian and Persian Languages/Henry Walter Bellew. New Delhi, Reprint. First published in London 1867. AES, 2001, xi, 355 p., $33. ISBN 81-206-1599-X. Details No. 22996

Drugs Production and Trafficking in Afghanistan/Deepali Gaur Singh. New Delhi, Pentagon Press, 2007, xxvi, 380 p., tables, figs., maps, $53. ISBN 81-8274-277-3. Details No. 49659

The Earl of Auckland and the First Afghan War/L.J. Trotter. New Delhi, Cosmo, 2004, 220 p., $55. ISBN 81-307-0029-8.  Details No. 39950

Eastern Cauldron : Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq in a Marxist Mirror/Gilbert Achcar. Translated by Peter Drucker. Delhi, Aakar, 2006, 288 p., $33. ISBN 81-87879-87-4.  Details No. 47355

Encyclopaedia of Afghanistan/edited by P. Bajpai & S. Ram. New Delhi, Anmol, 2002, 6 Vols., 2146 p., $290 (set). ISBN 81-261-1114-3. Details No. 24623

Encyclopaedia of Jihad/compiled and edited by R.K. Pruthi. New Delhi, Anmol, 2002, 5 Vols., c, 1580 p., $215 (set). ISBN 81-261-1116-X.  Details No. 25137

External Affairs : Cross-Border Relations/S.K. Singh, J.N. Dixit, K.V. Rajan, C.V. Ranganathan. New Delhi, Roli Books, 2003, vi, 233 p., $22. ISBN 81-7436-264-9.   Details No. 30694

Genesis of Regional Conflicts : Kashmir, Afghanistan, West Asia, Cambodia, Chechnya/edited by V.D. Chopra and M. Rasgotra. New Delhi, Gyan, 1995, xvi, 316 p., $30. ISBN 81-212-0502-6. Details No. 23081

A Grammar of the Pukkhto or Pukshto Language on a New and Improved System Combining Brevity with Practical Utility, and Including Exercises and Dialogues Intended to Facilitate the Acquisition of the Colloquial/Henry Walter Bellew. Reprint. First published in London 1867. New Delhi, AES, 2001, xii, 155 p., $22. ISBN 81-206-1602-2. Details No. 22999

Historical Dictionary of Afghan Wars, Revolutions, and Insurgencies/Ludwig W. Adamec. Reprint. New Delhi, Manas, 2006, lxxxviii, 402 p., ills., $55. ISBN 81-7049-312-9.  Details No. 46280

Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan/Ludwig W. Adamec. New Delhi, Manas Pub., 2006, xxvi, 584 p., $55. ISBN 81-7049-311-0.  Details No. 46170

A History of Afghanistan/Sir Percy Sykes. Reprint. First published in 1940, Macmillan & Co. London. New Delhi, Oriental, 1981, 2 Vols., 825 p., Illus, maps, $44. Details No. 23102

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 1: The Dawn of Civilization: Earliest Times to 700 B.C./edited by A.H. Dani and V.M. Masson. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, 535 p., plates, figs, $83. ISBN 81-208-1407-X Details No.18716

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume II : The Development of Sedentary and Nomadic Civilizations, 700 B.C. to A.D. 250/edited by Janos Harmatta. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 573 p., maps, plates, figs, $83. ISBN 81-208-1408-8. Details No. 18718 

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume III : The Crossroads of Civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750/edited by B.A. Litvinsky. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 569 p., plates, figs., maps, $83. ISBN 81-208-1540-8. Details No. 18719

History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV: The Age of Achievement : A.D. 750 to the End of the Fifteenth Century : Part One : The Historical Social and Economic Setting/edited by M.S. Asimov and C.E. Bosworth. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, 485 p., maps, $83. ISBN 81-208-1595-5.) Details No. 18721

History of the War in Afghanistan/John William Kaye. Reprint, 1999, 2 Vols, 1350 p., $106 (set). ISBN 81-87226-08-0. Details No. 13705 

Inside Afghanistan : End of the Taliban Era?/L.R. Reddy. New Delhi, A.P.H., 2002, viii, 345 p., $44. ISBN 81-7648-319-2. Details No. 23205

International Negotiation : The United Nations in Afghanistan and Cambodia/Vinayak Rao. New Delhi, Manak, 2001, x, 296 p., $33. ISBN 81-7827-017-X. Details No. 21131

Islamic Fundamentalism and India/J.B. Das Gupta. Haryana, Hope India Publications, 2002, 234 p., $28. ISBN 81-7871-013-7. Details No. 27317

Island of Blood : Frontline Reports from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Other South Asian Flashpoints/Anita Pratap. New Delhi, Viking, 2001, xii, 276 p., $17. ISBN 0-67-004903-4. Details No. 23136

The Jihad Fixation : Agenda, Strategy, Portents. Delhi, Wordsmiths, 2001, 424p., $37. ISBN 81-87412-03-8. Details No. 22418

Jihad : The Islamic Doctrine of Permanent War/Suhas Majumdar. Voice of India, 1994, viii, 102 p., $11. Details No. 9393

Jihad and Terrorism/Krishan Kumar Rattu. Jaipur, Book Enclave, 2002, viii, 272 p., $34. ISBN 81-87036-75-3. Details No. 28391

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries/William Griffith. Arranged by John M’Clelland. Reprint. First published London, 1847. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001, 529 p., plates, $61. ISBN 81-215-1004-X. Details No. 19650

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries : Bhutan 1837–1838/William Griffith. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2003, viii, 116 p., $11. ISBN 81-206-1696-0.   Details No. 30243

Journey to the North of India : Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Afghanistan/Arthur Conolly. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2001, 2 Vols., 709 p., plates, $55. ISBN 81-206-1889-X. Details No. 24053    

The Kingdom of Afghanistan : A Historical Sketch/G.P. Tate. New Delhi, AES, 2001, ix, 224 p., $39. ISBN 81-206-1586-7. Details No. 22561

Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan of Kabul : With His Political Proceedings Towards the English, Russian, and Persian Governments including the Victory and Disasters of the British Army in Afghanistan/Mohan Lal. Reprint. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2004, 2 volumes, xxx, 898 p., ills., $66. ISBN 81-206-1919-6.  Details No. 37845

Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India : No. 64 : Excavations in Swat and Explorations in the Oxus Territories of Afghanistan : A detailed report of the 1938 expedition/Evert Barger and Philip Wright. Reprint. New Delhi, Archeological Survey of India, 1999, vi, 67 p., plates, map, $11. Details No. 23108

Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan and the Panjab : Including a Residence in those Countries from 1826 to 1838/Charles Masson. Reprint. First published in 1842. New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1997, 4 vols, 1431 p., ills., $125 (set). ISBN 81-215-0783-9. Details No. 17440

Nationalism in Russia and Central Asian Republics : Unfinished Democratic Revolution/Shams-ud-Din. 1999, 388 p., $34. ISBN 81-7095-070-8. Details No. 14316

The New Afghanistan : Pawn of America?/Samay Ram. New Delhi, Manas, 2004, 221 p., maps, $33. ISBN 81-7049-189-4.  Details No. 36189

North-West Frontier and Afghanistan/Victoria Schofield. New Delhi, D.K. Agencies, 352 p., $28. ISBN 81-85007-07-1. Details No. 23095

Oriental and Western Siberia : A Narrative of Seven Years Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, The Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia/Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Reprint. First published in 1859. Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2000, 483 p., plates, $44. ISBN 81-206-1468-2. Details No. 17597

Pakistan : In the Face of the Afghan Conflict 1979-1985 at the Turn of the Cold War/Frederic Grare. New Delhi, India Research Press, 2003, xv, 238 p., $28. ISBN 81-88353-04-3.   Details No. 30225

Pakistan : In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan/Mary Anne Weaver. New Delhi, Viking, 2003, 285 p., $22. ISBN 0-67-004959-X.  Details No. 30292

The Races of Afghanistan : Being a Brief Account of the Principal Nations Inhabiting that Country/H.W. Bellew. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2004, 124 p., $11. ISBN 81-206-1789-4.   Details No. 34725

Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying between Russia and India/Charles Marvin. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana, 2001, xviii, 416 p., $53. ISBN 81-86505-04-4. Details No. 23121

A Ride Through Islam : Being a Journey Through Persia and Afghanistan to India via Meshed, Herat and Kandahar/Hippisley Cunliffe Marsh. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 2002, x, 214 p., $22. ISBN 81-206-1607-3.  Details No. 29001

Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological and Geographical Explorations in Chinese Turkestan/M. Aurel Stein. Reprint. First published : London, 1904. New Delhi, 2000, xxxix, 503 p., illustrations, $55. ISBN 81-206-1443-7.Details No. 15324

Sufism, Culture, and Politics : Afghans and Islam in Medieval North India/Raziuddin Aquil. New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2007, xii, 268 p., $33. ISBN 0-19-568512-1.  Details No. 51579

The Taliban : Ascent to Power/M.J. Gohari. Reprint. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002, xiv, 158 p., $17. ISBN 0-19-579560-1. Details No. 23356

Taliban : The Bane of Afghanistan/Ayman Talal Yousef. Delhi, Kalinga, 2002, i, 296 p., $28. ISBN 81-87644-44-3. Details No. 23905

The Taliban Phenomenon : Afghanistan 1994-1997: With an Afterword covering major events since 1997/Kamal Matinuddin. Reprint. New Delhi, Lancer, 2000, xviii, 298 p., maps, tables, $33. ISBN 81-7062-107-0. Details No. 23026

Taliban : A Shadow Over Afghanistan/Burchard Brentjes and Helga Brentjes. Varanasi, Rishi Publications, 2000, xii, 195 p., Illus., maps, photographs, $35. ISBN 81-85193-24-X. Details No. 25723

Taliban and the Afghan Turmoil : The Role of USA, Pakistan, Iran and China/Sreedhar, Rakesh Sinha, Nilesh Bhagat, O.N. Mehrotra and Mahendra Ved. New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1997, 160 p., photographs, $20. ISBN 81-7002-066-2.  Details No. 45385

Terrorism : Facts Versus Myths/Ram Puniyani. New Delhi, Pharos Media and Pub., 2007, 96 p., $11 (pbk). ISBN 81-7221-033-7.  Details No. 50873

Travels and Adventures In Central Asia : A Ride to Khiva/Fred Burnaby. Reprint. New Delhi, Bhavana Books, 2001, xviii, 487 p., $53. ISBN: 81-86505-05-9. Details No. 22035

Usama bin Laden’s al-Qaida: Profile of a Terrorist Network/Yonah Alexander and Michael S. Swetnam. New Delhi, Aditya, 2002, x, 140 p., $11. ISBN 81-85353-49-2. Details No. 23338

War Against the Planet : The Fifth Afghan War, Imperialism, and Other Assorted Fundamentalisms/Vijay Prashad. New Delhi, Leftword, 2002, viii, 110 p., $11. ISBN 81-87496-19-3. Details No. 25715

A Wounded Afghanistan : Communism, Fundamentalism and Democracy/K.B. Usha. Gurgaon, Shubhi, 2004, ix, 377 p., $55. ISBN 81-8290-020-4.  Details No. 38468