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He won the first of these in 1990 for explanatory journalism in his series about the sec, with david a. Ghost wars gives details of the cias involvement in the evolution of the taliban and al qaeda in the years before the september 11 attacks. The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invasion to september 10, 2001, written by steve coll, published in 2004 by penguin press, won the 2005 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. Such was the dialogue for six years between the president and his intelligence chief in a nucleararmed nation running secret wars on four continents. While ghost wars chronicled the years 19792001, directorate s referring to a subdivision of pakistans interservices intelligence directorate that covers afghanistan takes up the story in 2001 and follows it through to 2016. The secret history of the cia, afghanistan, and bin laden, from the soviet invasion to september 10, 2001, abbreviated as ghost wars, is a book written by steve coll, published in 2004 by penguin press, won the 2005 pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. Publication date 2004 topics bin laden, osama, 1957, united states. He was awarded his second in 2005 for ghost wars, honored in the general nonfiction category.
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