Travel Destinations - Afghanistan

Kabul: Speaking Volumes

Gary Jones goes to Kabul to find some good books and get a peek into Afghanistan past and present

Even in a nation where about 80 per cent of the population is illiterate, Shah Muhammad Rais understands the power of the written word. Wedged into the floor-to-ceiling shelves of his Shah M Book Company's curious little shop in downtown Kabul, there are enough volumes on rugged Afghanistan's fabled capital [ read more ]