The first in the Nutshell Notes series, Afghanistan in a Nutshell was introduced in October 2001, only a month after the terrorist attack on U.S. cities. It was listed on the LA Times bestseller list soon after. Afghanistan in a Nutshell includes chapters on the Taliban, Islam, Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan's foreign relations (with Pakistan, Iran and the United States) and answers some of the basic questions about terrorism, opium, Afghan women,...