To the Afghans who were and will be maimed and killed
by the ten million land mines strewn across their land
by the Soviet army during the jehad

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Magnus, Ralph H.

Afghanistan: mullah, Marx, and mujahid / Ralph H. Magnus and Eden Naby
.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-86531-513-2 (cloth)
1. Afghanistan--Politics and government. 2. Islam and politics--
Afghanistan. 3. Communism--Afghanistan. I. Naby, Eden.
II. Title.

DS371.2.M28 1998

958.104'6--dc21 97-19041

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