Afghan sultanates, 1260-1732
Nadir Shah and the Afghans, 1732-47
Ahmad Shah and the Durrani Empire, 1747-72
Fragmentation: Timur Shah and his successors, 1772-1824
Afghanistan and the Indus frontier, 1824-39
The death of the 'Great Experiment', 1839-43
The pursuit of 'scientific frontiers', 1843-79
'Reducing the disorderly people', 1879-1901
Reform and repression, 1901-19
Dreams melted into air, 1919-29
Backs to the future, 1929-33
Republicanism, revolution and resistance, 1973-94
'Between the dragon and his wrath', 1994-2017
