Qassem, Ahmad Shayeq. <br/><br/>
Afghanistan's political stability :  a dream unrealised / 
by Ahmad Shayeq Qassem. 
 - Farnham, Surrey ;  Burlington, VT :  Ashgate,  c2009. 
 - vi, 216 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-206) and index. 
<br/><br/>Afghanistan's historic relations with Central and South Asia -- Ethno-nationalism and development -- Soviet occupation and transformation of Afghan-Pakistan relations -- The Islamic state of Afghanistan (ISA), the Taliban, and stability -- Regional cooperation and political stability -- Contemporary Central Asia and Afghanistan's stability -- Re-emergence of major power rivalries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780754679400 (hardback) 9780754698616 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009031865 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political stability--History.--Afghanistan<br/>Islam and politics--Afghanistan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Afghanistan--Politics and government.<br/>Afghanistan--Foreign relations--Asia, Central.<br/>Asia, Central--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.<br/>Afghanistan--Foreign relations--South Asia.<br/>South Asia--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.<br/>Afghanistan--Ethnic relations.<br/>Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS357.5  / .Q37 2009