White, Terence, 1950-

Hot steel : from Soviet-era Afghanistan to post 9/11 : frontline encounters of the longest-serving foreign correspondent in Kabul / Terence White. - 312 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 20 cm

LC copy signed by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312).

Clandestinely visiting Afghanistan during the bloody Soviet occupation, the author befriended the famous mujahideen leader Ahmad Shah Masood. He survived the Afghan jihad only to be seriously wounded by mortar shrapnel during factional fighting for Kabul.

0143020684 9780143020684

2007367811


White, Terence, 1950-


War correspondents--Afghanistan--Biography
Journalists--New Zealand--Biography
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, New Zealand


Afghanistan--History--2001-
Afghanistan--Description and travel
Afghanistan--Social life and customs
Afghanistan--History--Personal narratives, New Zealand.--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989
Afghanistan--History--1989-2001
Afghanistan--Politics and government--20th century.

DS371.2 / .W47 2006

958.1046