Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982

Like the Soviet-Afghan War it also describe the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Afghan response to it. It covers the first two years of the invasion, while the Afghan response is more detailed, especially of the KHAD, the intelligence service, under whose supervision the author spent five years in the infamous concentration camp of Pul-e-Charkhi. In the prison the author interviewed many inmates and got much valuable information which could not be obtained elsewhere and which enriched the book.