The punishment of virtue - Sarah Chayes

What happens when the War on Terror media circus packs up and leave town? Sarah Chayes has spent the past six years in Afghanistan finding out. Living in the old capital Kandahar, dressing like a man, and befriending the heroic Chief of Police, Akrem Khakrezwal, she gains unparalleled access to tribal leaders, cunning warlords, jihadist insurgents and opium traders, as well as politicians, security chiefs and Pakistani Intelligence agents - all contending for power in this unique strategic place at a pivotal moment in its history. Hers is an urgent book, and a mesmerizingly readable story.