By Jeanette Windle Land of the Free . . . Home of the
Brave
Kabul, 2001...American forces have freed Afghanistan from
the Taliban. Kites have returned to the skies. Women have
removed their burqas. There is dancing in the streets.
Eight years later, Afghanistan is a far cry from those
first images of a country freed from Taliban rule. When
Special Forces veteran Steve Wilson returns to Kabul as
security chief to the minister of interior, he is
disillusioned with the corruption and violence that has
overtaken the country he fought to free. Relief worker
Amy Mallory arrives in Afghanistan ready to change the
world. She soon discovers that as a Western woman, the
challenges are monumental. Afghan native Jamil returns to
his homeland seeking work, but a painful past continues
to haunt him.
All three are searching for truth and freedom when a
suicide bombing brings them together on Kabul's dusty
streets. But what is the true source of freedom...and its
cost?
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