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Taliban arrives/Sreedhar. 2.

Taliban as I saw it/Rakesh Sinha. 3.

Taliban arsenal/Nilesh Bhagat. 4.

Pakistan's strategic calculus/Sreedhar. 5.

The Iran factor/Sreedhar. 6.

Troubled CIS/O.N.

Mehrotra. 7.

Indo-Afghan relations/Mahendra Ved. Appendix: Select chronology.

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Nation-building process in Afghanistan after 1970/J.N.

Dixit. 2.

The war in Afghanistan and US policy towards India and Pakistan/Kanti Bajpai. 3.

American Wars on its flanks: Iranian perceptions and policies/Gulshan Dietl. 4.

The geopolitical and socio-economic implications of USA's involvement in Afghanistan/Jagat S. Mehta.

5. India and US involvement in Afghanistan/V.

P. Dutt.

6. US perspectives in a global and South Asian context: before after 11 September/Achin Vanaik.

7. Russia and Central Asia in the US coalition against terrorism/Anuradha M.

Chenoy. 8.

US interests in Central Asia/Nimmi Kurian. 9.

USA's involvement in Afghanistan: third world perceptions with special reference to South Asian countries and implications for the future/Shri Prakash. 10.

Vladimir Putin's course after 11/9: a 'democrat's' view of Russian interests in Central and South West Asia/Hari Vasudevan. "Few countries have been more affected by the US-led war against Afghanistan than India.

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Sweeter than salt. The gardener’s daughter.

Sass Begum. The Clever princess.

Virtues and Vices: The greedy king. The sin of pride.

The two viziers. The lion of the jungle.

Miracles and Magic: The great saint. The saint of Baghdad.

The fakir and the Princess. Musa Khan Deo.

Khurram Deo. The Man-eater.

The Prince and the Fairy. Courtship and infidelity: The parror and the starling.

The prince and the fakir. The dancing dolls.

The Merchant and the parrot. Gul and sanobar.

The three friends. Epic and Romance: The shy prince.

The King’s dream. Prince bagram.

Hazrat Ali Sahib. The simurgh.

Comedy and Farce: The woodcutter. The swindlers.

The Barber’s son. The Shepherd.

The weavers. Nasruddin, the holy man.

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