The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth

The Afghan Reviews

• 
  Ahmad Sharabiani

  The Afghan, Frederick Forsyth
  
  The Afghan can be seen as a sequel to The Fist of God, with the re-appearance of the Martin brothers.
  
  However, due to unexplained reasons, Forsyth rewrote the brothers' backstory as explained in The Fist of God.
  
  In that book, their parents got married in Iraq in 1952 with Mike being born in 1953 and Terry in 1955.
  
  In The Afghan, the couple waited ten years before deciding to have children.
  
  As a result, Mike's military record is adjusted ten years forward, with his career now including stints in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan - he was part of the relieving force during the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi.
  
  The story relationship with The Fist of God ends when Mike escapes Iraq and is almost killed by Foreign Legionnaires patrolling the border with no details are alluded to anything connected to the Supergun.
  
  تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز سی ام ماه ژوئن سال 2014میلادی
  
  عنوان: افغان؛ کتاب چهار از سری لبه ی تاریکی؛ نویسنده: فردریک فورسایت؛ مترجم فرزام حبیی؛ تهران، درسا، 1386؛ در 394ص؛ شابک 9789648759310؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده 21م
  
  عنوان: افغان؛ نویسنده: فردریک فورسایت؛ مترجم زهرا حسینیان؛ مشهد، ترانه، 1390(1389)؛ در 392ص (408ص)؛ شابک 9789645638878؛
  
  عنوان: افغان؛ نویسنده: فردریک فورسایت؛ مترجم شبنم بلوچ؛ تهران، لیوسا، 1393؛ در 376ص؛ شابک 9786003400313؛
  
  فهرست: بخش اول: ماهی گزنده؛ بخش دوم: دلاوران؛ بخش سوم: عملیات دیلم؛ بخش چهارم: سفر؛ پایان داستان؛
  
  کتاب «افغان» در پی رویدادهای دهشتناک «یازدهم سپتامبر»، با نگاهی به ریشه ها، و زمینه های تاریخی آن رویداد، خوانشگر را در پهنه ای گسترده از شرق تا غرب جهان، با واژگان خویش همراه میکند؛ سرویسهای اطلاعاتی امنیتی «انگلیس» و «آمریکا»، به گونه ای نامحسوس، از رمز یکی از کارهای خرابکارانه ی «القاعده» آگاه میشوند، و میخواهند ابتکار عمل داشته باشند؛ اما آنها آگاهی از چگونگی انجان آن کار را ندارند، نمیدانند آن عملیات چگونه است، و چیست و در کجاست، و یا اینکه چه زمانی رخ خواهد داد، و هیچ نفوذی نیز در تشکیلات «القاعده» ندارند، و ...؛ در آغاز داستان «مایک مارتین» قهرمان «انگلیسی»، در کلیسا برای خویش دعا میکنند، و در پایان داستان ایشان بدل به یک شوالیه ی قدیس میشود؛ در رمان «افغان»، نام شخصیت‌های سیاسی مطرح «افغانستان» را خواهید یافت («ربانی»، «سیاف»، «حکمتیار»، «یونس خالص»، «ملاعمر»، «حامد کرزی»، «احمد شاه مسعود»، «نجیب الله»، «ژنرال فهیم» و ...) نویسنده از هر کدام فراخور نیازی که رمان داشته، سود برده اند، و درباره‌ ی آنها نیز نگاشته اند
  
  هرگز نمی‌توانی وفاداری یک افغان را بخری اما همیشه می‌توانی آن را اجاره کنی (فردریک فورسایت - رمان افغان)
  
  تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 09/04/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
• 
  Ed

  I have always felt Forsyth's "Day of the Jackal" was one of the best suspense/thrillers, I've ever read.
  
  How far the mighty have fallen.
  
  In what reads like a channeling of Tom Clancy, "The Afghan" goes on and on with details that have little or nothing to do with plot or character development.
  
  The actual "story" isn't bad but is dragged down by the constant insertion of irrelevancies and the over-reliance on stereotypical descriptions of both the terrorists and the good guys".
  
  To be fair, some of the information was interesting but very little was new. I admit I did finish the book but I was on a cross-country flight with two boring movies. I did want to find out what happened but the price was high.
  
  The ending is almost anti-climactic and not very believable. There is a huge hole in the plot that isn't noticeable until close to the end of the book.
  
  It's been a while since I've picked up a Forsyth "thriller". It will be a while before I do so again.
  
• 
  Mostafa

  4 stars
  
  داستان افغان در ادامه داستان مشت خدا و تقریبا ۱۵ سال بعد از وقایع جنگ خلیج فارس ( تجاوز عراق به کویت ) روایت می شود و شرح فداکاری های یکی از کماندوها و نیروهای ویژه بریتانیا در مقابله با القاعده است
  کتاب اطلاعات خوبی از نحوه عملکرد گروه ها و سازمان های تروریستی خصوصا القاعده و گروه ابوسیاف ارایه می دهد
  پیشنهاد میشه حتما مشت خدا و افغان رو به ترتیب بخوانید و از پایان بندی داستان افغان شوکه شوید
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  Varunsp

  The Afghan is my first book of Forsyth. The genre is thriller and I kinda enjoyed reading it.. Every little details are explained neatly throughout the novel.. The places which he explained projected in front of my eyes..
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  Austin George

  Best book I have read so far in 2021. Motivated me to read atleast one more Frederick Forsyth novel this year. Those who are interested in spy thriller infotainment may like this book.
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  Bodosika Bodosika

  Marvelous!
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  Ramakrishnan M

  I am reading a Forsyth novel after long time. I felt very nostalgic (such fond memories from school and college days…) as I opened the pages of this thriller. Forsyth has always focused on FACTS, as a friend of mine used to say. You can always find very detailed, intricate details of missiles, military organizations, etc. in his novels. I have seen some debates on the accuracy of his research, though. In this book, I did notice some comments on Kerala that were not completely correct. I am not sure about the rest – however you have to admit that he knows how to spin an entertaining tale.
  
  The plot is around an ultra-secret Al-Qaeda plot, expected to be all the more devastating than 9/11. To dig the true details, a British SAS officer is sent deep under cover. Thanks to his experience in the Arab world and his dark skin, he is expected to pass as “The Afghan” deep inside the Al-Qaeda ranks.
  
  Forsyth maintains his style of providing loads of details – on Taliban, the Arab world, practices in SAS and CIA, etc. The story moves at a medium pace and the language is simple and generally “accessible”. Overall, the book is not a bad read. However, other Forsyth fans will strongly agree with me that this is not his best book. Towards the later half, especially, the storyline becomes too artificial and even abrupt at times. Those who have never read Forsyth may still enjoy it, but the old fans will feel a (wee) bit let-down.
  
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  Anoop Pai B

  It cannot be that a piece from the master be anything short of a masterpiece?
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  Doug Clark

  I am a huge Forsyth fan, and as such, was eagerly anticipating the reading of The Afghan, Forsyth’s latest thriller. I did enjoy it, but…it just wasn’t as page-turning as many of Forsyth’s earlier works such as The Day of the Jackal or The Dogs of War. Forsyth has clearly done his homework on terrorism, modern technology and intelligence agencies. Unfortunately, the display of that research came at the detriment of the plot and the characters in the plot. In filling in the backstory of the Afghan and Mike Martin, who impersonates the Afghan, Forsyth seems to lose track of the importance of the action needed to carry forward the plot. And the plot is a good one. I wish there had been more to the actual storyline.
  
  In the end, I will recommend the novel, but with a note of caution. There is a lot of backstory and details to wade through before the plot really gets going. There are several separate threads going on also, much like Tom Clancy’s novels. If you are frustrated by multiple storylines, then this isn’t a book for you. However, if you’re interested in the history of modern Afghanistan, the rise of Islamic extremism and terrorism, and even the use of technology in terrorist organizations, along with the agencies that fight terrorism, this novel will fulfill that curiosity completely.
  
  
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  sepehrdad

  اول های کتاب برایم خیلی جذاب بود. یک رمان پلیسی جاسوسی جالب به نظر می آمد. یک ماموریت خیلی جذاب برای یک انگلیسی کارکشته ی دورگه که قرار بود نقش یک افغانستانی را بازی کند تا به هسته ی مرکزی القاعده نفوذ کند. از آن کتاب های جاسوسی پر حادثه ی هیجان آور پر استرس... به خصوص که یک مرور خیلی جالب هم بر تاریخ افغانستان و شکل گیری القاعده داشت. ولی از نیمه ی دوم کتاب دیگر حوصله ام از دست فورسایت سر رفت. این اصرار که وای سرویس های اطلاعاتی انگلیس و آمریکا چه قدر خفن و باهوش اند و ب�� چه طریق خفنی از تکرار یک یازده سپتامبر دریایی جلوگیری کردند خیلی ضایع بود. آخر کتاب هم که سربازان گمنام امام زمان از نوع انگلیسی را داشتیم که دیگر حوصله ام بسی سر رفت...
  
• 
  Omid Milanifard

  افغان، داستانی است از نفوذ در شبکه القاعده پس از وقایع ۱۱ سپتامبر و تلاش برای خنثی سازی یکی از بزرگترین عملیاتهای آن.
  از نظر من بستر رویدادها و تاریخ واقعی که داستان این کتاب روی آن سوار شده بود، از خود ماجرا جالبتر بود. توالی علت و معلولی از چگونگی رشد افراط گرایی و جریانهای تکفیری در دنیا، مثل د��نه های تسبیح در این داستان به نخ کشیده می شوند. اگر چه این کتاب احتمالا در مورد رویدادهای واقعی اطلاعات خیلی بیشتری از آن چیزی که تاکنون می دانید، به شما نخواهد داد و کلیشه سازی شخصیتهای بد (افراطیون مسلمان) و خوب (مدافعان امنیت غرب) در تصویر سازی های کتاب اصطلاحا گُل درشت است. در نهایت به عنوان یک رمان در ژانر هیجانی با پشت زمینی تاریخی، انتخاب خوبی است.
  "و سخنان احمد شاه مسعود، شیر دره پنجشیر را به یاد آورد: همه ما محکوم به مرگ هستیم انگلیسی، اما فقط به دلاوری شایسته و مقدس اجازه خواهند داد تا راه چگونه مردن خود را انتخاب کند."
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  Arantxa Rufo

  En las novelas de Forsyth, la acción y el aprendizaje van de la mano y son inseparables. En esta ocasión, no solo participamos, desde casi todos los frentes, en la mayor operación antiterrorista imaginable, sino que también aprendemos la historia de Afganistán, los diferentes conflictos bélicos que ha sufrido, las etnias, las relaciones, las alianzas y las traiciones.
  Esto hace que la novela resulte un poco lenta, por momentos, pero nunca aburrida, y que cuando entra en acción se devoren las páginas.
  
  👍 ¿Qué pretenden los terroristas, a quién van a atacar, dónde, cuándo...?
  👍 La misión de Martin y todo el plan alrededor de su figura.
  👍 Lo que he aprendido.
  
  👎 Esas partes en que la historia se convierte en una enciclopedia de nombres y fechas.
  👎 El final es un poco bluff
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  Scott Holstad

  Unlike most reviewers I've encountered online, I really enjoyed this book. Perhaps it's because it's the first Forsyth I've read since Day of the Jackal, I don't know. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I really wasn't disappointed.
  
  The plot revolves around British and American intelligence agencies finding out about a super secret Al-Qaeda plot to do something bigger and worse than 9/11. The questions are what, when, and where? Several people are brought in to do something about it and only a few people in both governments know about it. Mike Martin is a retired British paratrooper colonel who has olive skin and grew up in Iraq before moving to Britain. He's recruited to become "the Afghan." The *real* Afghan is a Gitmo prisoner who was a Taliban commander and who's never been broken, and has been in solitary for five years. Martin is going to become this man. A fake trial is put together where it's announced the Taliban leader is being let go and is being handed over to the Afghan government. There, Martin, as the Afghan, "escapes" and makes his was to Pakistan, where he finds help in getting back with the Al-Qaeda forces to fight against the West. Now, the plot was tiresome at times in going over the back story leading up to this. We have to wade through pages of Martin learning Pushtan (he already speaks Arabic), of his learning the Koran, of his learning how to pray properly so he won't trip up and expose himself. The book drags here. And frankly, it drags most of the way through, as it's bogged down with detail. Now I like detail, so I actually appreciated it, for the most part, and I think this is what many reviewers had problems with. Still, it was cumbersome, so I've lowered my rating from five to four stars. Along the way, Martin is connected with Al-Qaeda, who interrogates him to ensure he's really who he claims to be, complete with a scar of his thigh that he had to have made by a CIA doctor. Hints at what the big surprise will be come halfway through the book, as we discover Al-Qaeda operatives researching shipping companies to find a large boat big enough to transport a lot of "goods" from Asia to America. It's pretty easy to guess it won't be a load of silks. But what will it be? When the authorities discover it's coming on a boat, but don't know what or where, they start scanning the ocean and boarding boats, first large, and then smaller. They are operating under the assumption that it's a tanker that's going to be sunk in a canal to demolish things economically by blocking shipping traffic for months. When they realize that's not going to be it, they move on to plan B. Now, I'm not going to give away the ending, but I will say it's somewhat anticlimactic. I thought with everything leading up to it, it'd be bigger, bolder, brighter, more extreme. Instead it was largely docile. Oh well. Really, not a bad book. I read it in less than a day, so it's a quick, easy read. If you can get over extreme detail, I certainly recommend it. I found it fairly compelling.
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  Ian Mapp

  Seduced by Tube Poster advertising.
  
  There is a great opening line in this books that sums up the literary content - it goes something along the lines "If he would have known that making the call would have killed him, he wouldnt have. But he didnt. So he did. And it did".
  
  I have visions of him sprawled out Little Britain syle on a chaise lounge dictating this rubbish!
  
  The story is OK as it goes, in a Tom Clancy boys own way. We have a british SAS man substituted for an Al Queda operative in the hope of thwarting an unknown major attack, which is cleverly not revealed until almost the end of the book.
  
  This raises the tension but we have some complete bollocks to get through first. First off, the fact that the two men have met in the afghan-russian war is coincidental enough and I will just about forgive this but how about this....
  
  The real afghan is being kept prisoner in a remote woodland shack in the rockies. He escapes (for no real plot reason, as he is killed just as he makes a call to Head Office just across the canadian border) but guess how he escapes? A war plan crashes, loses its engine, which lands and demolishes just enough of a hole in the wall for him to make good his escape.
  
  I had to write in the margin!
  
  And the plot - AQ have a tanker that they are going to blow up next to the G8 summit on the queen mary. In rather a downbeat ending - the sas man sacrifises himself for the sake of others.
  
  Not sure I will go for this sort of actioneer again. It was Ok but adds nothing to literature.
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  Anna

  I think this was the first Forsyth I've read (so far), and I enjoyed it. Definitely a manly style of writing, a bit ludlumesque, but different. The story was told a bit like a documentary, but the biggest difference to most other spy/suspense/thrillers I've read in ages was that there was no hot lady spy and no ladies to rescue. (I'm curious whether the other Forsyth books are like this - in this story any ladies to spy or to rescue would have fit like a pink glamour tracksuit in Afghanistan)
  This was a perfect read between too many cozy mysteries. And now I still crave for something stronger, perhaps a nice, old skool Ludlum next. Action is good.
  
  The British and US intelligence are searching details on an Al Qaeda operation when they find their perfect man, Mike Martin. A Brit by birth, but with perfect Arabic, and who even met the man they want him to infiltrate the AQ as, Izmat Khan. The real The Afghan, Izmat Khan, has been in Guantanamo for the past 5 years. It will take quite a bit of work to prepare Mike to know all the details about Pashtun, the people, habits, and language of The Afghan. After they have trained him, they need to switch him with Izmat, and then he'll still have to pass every test by any AQ or Afghan he'll see on mission...
  
  
  http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8...
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  John Grinstead

  I came to this not expecting to enjoy it - something I'm quite used to when reading things with a military theme or connection, where I have a tendency to cringe at the inaccurate references - but Forsyth lived up to his reputation of producing a well-researched story that entertains.
  
  
  
  Building on a number of contemporary themes, he manages to spin a good yarn, whilst including sufficient factual references to suspend the readers disbelief; the only thing that you might have difficulty with is the likelihood of the central character - Mike Martin - to pass himself of as a a Pashtun speaking Afghan in order to infiltrate the AQ network, notwithstanding his 25 years of service as a special forces soldier.
  
  
  
  The plot has sufficient twists and turns to maintain interest without being too predicatable. A book one could easily read in one sitting or equally pick up and put down over time.
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  Efka

  Though all the book is rather moderately paced, it engages you from beginning till the very last page. It is a briliantly fulfilled story about an anti-terrorist spec op, preparation to it, infiltration and the result of the whole operation. What was most exciting and intriguing for me, is that this book is written not as a run-and-gun or a typical James Bond style novel, but more like a true event, as fiction intertwines with real facts, real locations, and, sadly, real casualties. Interestingly, while it certainly is not a book, which spreads any positive ideas about muslim fundamentalists, it definitely helps to understand, and sometimes even to feel pity, how most of them were pushed into hate and radicalism, or simply didn't had a chance to evade it. Even if you are not into political or/and millitary thrillers, be absolutely sure that this book is worth your time.
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  Remo

  Fantástica novela de FF sobre la guerra de Afganistán, los servicios secretos y el funcionamiento en general del mundo paralelo del espionaje. La novela narra de vida de un muyahidin que nace en las montañas afganas y a quien el destino no le deja más que un camino.
  La novela está muy bien construida para mi gusto, avanza sólidamente con todos los cabos atados, de manera que todo el rato da la sensación de que lo que sucede es lo único que podía suceder. Aprendemos sobre el funcionamiento de la burocracia americana, sobre operaciones especiales, sobre la cárcel de Guantánamo, sobre la guerra de guerrillas afgana... Tantas cosas tan interesantes, aunque a priori no suenen así. Muy, muy entretenida de leer.
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  Pete

  The writing talent of Forsyth is evident here but unfortunately he misses the mark with this novel. He is known for developing a storyline slowly but in this case the story moves just too slow. The first half of the book is spent on character development of the Afghan prisoner who plays no role in the actual terrorist plot. The reader gets a thorough history lesson on armed conflict in Afghanistan but again that is not relevant to what the novel is suppose to be about.
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  TheQueensBooksII

  I've been reading Forsyth since I was a young teenager. (Thankfully, my parents didn't monitor too much what I read, so I was exposed to pretty heavy hitting spy thrillers at an early age!) What I admire most about this prolific writer is his attention to detail and research. This one didn't disappoint, either. Even though our battles with Islamic extremism are fairly under control these days, the story remains interesting and riveting.
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  Safder

  This is a historical novel covering past forty years of Afghanistan's history. Apart from this, it gives minute details of Afghani culture. The writer also justifies the involvement of Taliban in Osama bin Laden's war with the west which is the destruction of their entire villages wiping out the whole populations.
  Once you start reading, one cannot put it down unless one finishes it.
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  Lewis Weinstein

  There are some powerful story lines and action scenes. There is also a good deal of historical background which slows things down and adds what I thought was unnecessary complexity. Overall a good read.
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  Łukasz

  Gdybym miał 14 lat to bym się jarał tą książką jak nie wiem co. Imo trochę za dużo zbiegów okoliczności (samolot z awarią uderzający idealnie w jednoosobowe więzienie i robiące dziurę w murze dzięki której więzień może uciec XD) aczkolwiek ponoć dużo rzeczy zawartej w książkach autora jest oparta na faktach więc może to ja mam zbyt małą wyobraźnię 🤷. Na pochwałę zasługuje na pewno szczegółowe oddanie szczegółów technicznych sprzętu. Ale tak czy siak nie żałuję że czytałem, czytało się to lekko. Oto moja piękna recenzja xd
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  Armin

  Ein typischer Forsythe, im Guten (Anfang, Stil) wie im Schlechten (lieblose Abwicklung des Spannungsteils, gerade gegen Ende hin).
  Die Einbettung der Charaktere in den Afghanistan-Konflikt, die Irak-Kriege und 9/11 ist ein spannendes Bildungserlebnis, das Zusammenhänge herstellt. Dazu ist die Prosa von einer Qualität, die im Spannungsgenre ihresgleichen sucht. Für diesen journalistisch-historischen Teil würde ich volle fünf Sterne vergeben. Bei seinen Wurzeln ist Forsyth immer noch ein Herkules, in Sachen Weiterentwicklung als Romancier ist wohl schon länger Stillstand eingetreten.
  Behandelt FF in der Entwicklung der Vorgeschichte seinen beiden Protagonisten Mark Martin und Izmat Kahn mit gleichwertiger Sympathie, schrumpft der Afghane in der zweiten Hälfte zum Sicherheitsrisiko, das nach seiner Flucht halt abgeballert werden muss, damit die Mission von Doppelgänger Mike in seinem Undercover-Einsatz nicht auffliegt. Denn immerhin geht es um einen Terroranschlags, der gleich die komplette Führungsspitze der westlichen Welt ausradieren soll. Im Erfolgsfall wären Mutti Merkel als Beilage zu Bush junior und Tony Blair während des G8-Gipfels mittels einer schwimmenden Aerosolbombe eliminiert worden. Also verglüht oder erstickt.
  Dass Bergbewohner Izmat Kahn, den man an der Grenze zu Kanada in einem Naturschutzgebiet auf Eis gelegt hat, seinen High-Tech-Verfolgern ein ums andere mal ein Schnippchen schlägt, hat zwar auch einen gewissen Reiz, reduziert den Gegenspieler, der mal ein Freund war, aber auf ein Ziel aus Drohnen bzw. Scharfschützenperspektive. Man mag diesen Perspektivwechsel als in Romanform umgesetzte Kritik an der Joystick-Kriegsführung begreifen, auch Mark Martin und das Innenleben des Helden gerät ziemlich aus dem Fokus, ehe es im Showdown gegen alle Chancen noch einmal aufblitzt.
  Fazit: Ich habe das Buch beim Aufräumen eher müßig aufgeschlagen und habe mich gewundert, warum FF so lange keine Rolle mehr in meiner Lese-Bio gespielt hat. Lag es an den enttäuschenden Verfilmungen?*, Allerdings wurde mir schnell klar, dass der journalistisch-historische Aktivposten beim ersten Schakal, der Akte Odessa oder dem vierten Protokoll weitgehend auf der Strecke blieb, während der schwächere Spannungsfaden ins Zentrum rückte. Der vergleichsweise werkgerechte Streifen mit Michael Caine und Pierce Brosnan ließ mich derart unbefriedigt, dass ich mir seinerzeit den Roman vornahm und spannungsmäßig derart enttäuscht war, dass erst mal Robert Ludlum das Zepter übernahm, obwohl die historisch-politischen Prämissen nicht den geringsten Bezug zur Realität in der Außenwelt aufwiesen.
  
  * Ausnahme war der neuere Schakal, eine Star-Parade, die aber extrem weit weg von der Vorlage war und auch von einem Bruce Willis profitierte, der die Rolle des mörderischen Chamäleons als Ausbruch aus dem üblichen Rollenklischee genoss.
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  Tooba

  The global network of crimes, hypocrites, and a tale of sacrifices; The Afghan is not an easy read. It contains a lot of jargon and subject specific knowledge. Fiction part is okay as it does not require a lot of effort with an exception to keeping track of the complex networks of terrorists and also of the international intelligence service organizations.
  The story exposes the dark side of both parties. There is an Afghan at both ends. The Afghan dies again and again. All the sacrifice is borne by the Afghan, the man who just wanted to live happily with his family.
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  Forn

  A seemingly well researched story told in an impassionate way, this book could well pass as a report of facts, and so it surely is interesting to read. But only when the man hunt was going on, which was forseeable, did the story kind of catch me and some suspens built up. A question that remained after finishing the book: would an Englishman and an Afghan from the mountains have the same sorts of tooth fillings?
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  Karol Castro

  ¿3.5? ¿4? No lo sé, tengo sentimientos encontrados respecto a este libro. El estilo de escritura no es mi favorito, aunque no sé cuánto se debe a la traducción. Por lo demás es una premisa interesante y el final -aunque lo vi venir en parte- logró hacer que lanzara el libro contra la pared. Lo odio, pero sólo porque es cierto. Lavados de cerebro everywhere.
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  Shaid Zaman

  ফরসাইথ এর কাছ থেকে যেমনটা আশা করেছিলাম তাঁর কানাকড়ি ও দিলো না। "ডে অফ দ্যা জ্যাকেল" এর ফরসাইথ আর "দি আফগান" এর ফরসাইথ এর মধ্যে বিস্তর ফারাক! তবে বই ভর্তি প্রচুর ইনফো, যেমনটা ফরসাইথ এর সব বইতে থাকে। কিন্তু টেনে রাখার মতো কিছু নেই।
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  Dave Bones

  Freddies Al Qaeda wank fantasy. Quite readable. Bit silly but good.