Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

An Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apart-from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides-while revisiting her own family's deep roots to the land.



Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal exploration of Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides and beyond. Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Natio...