Steve Coll's book is Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001. Coll covered Afghanistan as the Post's South Asia bureau chief between 1989 and 1992.
Music: Primal Fear Soundtrack composer James Newton Howard
Events: Steve Coll will be giving a reading March 1st at 7:30 at the Barnes & Noble on 82nd and Broadway
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