Bibliograph

Thunder over Kandahar

Type

Label

Thunder over Kandahar

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Thunder over Kandahar

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

Best friends Tamanna and Yasmine cannot believe their good fortune when a school is set up in their Afghan village; however, their dreams for the future are shattered when the Taliban burns down the school and threatens the teacher and students with death. As Tamanna faces an arranged marriage to an older man, and the Taliban targets Yasmine's western-educated family, the girls realize they must flee. Traveling through the heart of Taliban territory, the two unaccompanied young women find themselves in mortal danger. After suffering grave injuries-Tamanna from a fall and Yasmine from a suicide bombing-the girls are left without the one thing that has helped them survive-each other. Filled with tension and drama, THUNDER OVER KANDAHAR paints a vivid portrait of the perils of contemporary Afghanistan

Target audience

adult

Classification