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Afghanistan

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The Statesman’s Yearbook 2018

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  • Maley, William, The Afghanistan Wars. 2nd ed. 2009

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(2018). Afghanistan. In: The Statesman’s Yearbook 2018. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-70154-4_169

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