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The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War

By Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post

Task Force Helmand: A Soldier's Story of Life, Death and Combat on the Afghan Front Line

By Doug Beattie, MC

Heroes of the Skies

By Ashcroft, Michael

One Dog at a Time: An inspiring true story of saving the strays of Afghanistan

By Pen Farthing

Dog Soldiers: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line

By Isabel George

Company Commander

By Russell Lewis

Desperate Glory: At War in Helmand with Britain's 16 Air Assault Brigade

By Sam Kiley

Kill Switch

By Bill Shaw

Bullet Proof

By Matt Croucher GC

The Place At The End Of The World: Stories from the Frontline

By Janine Di Giovanni

Sweating the Metal: Flying under Fire. A Chinook Pilot's Blistering Account of Life, Death and Dust in Afghanistan

By Alex Duncan

Spoken From The Front

By McNab, Andy

The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan

By Elliot Ackerman

Point Man

By Mark Townsend

Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia

By Asher, Michael

Spoken From The Front

By McNab, Andy

Buster: The dog who saved a thousand lives

By RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, Isabel George

Chemical Warrior: Syria, Salisbury and Saving Lives at War

By Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict

By Thomas Johnson

Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East

By Christopher Davidson

Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention

By Noah Coburn

The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future

By Fawzia Koofi, Nadene Gourhi

Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times

By George Crile

Callsign Hades

By Patrick Bury

Leading from the Front

By Richard Dannatt

The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

By David Gilmour

No Place Like Home: A New Beginning with the Dogs of Afghanistan

By Pen Farthing

Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists Who Changed the World

By Chris Sands, Fazelminallah Qazizai

Ground Truth: 3 Para Return to Afghanistan

By Patrick Bishop

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By Steve Coll