The Bookseller of Kabul

For more than twenty years, Sultan Khan defied the authorities - whether Communist or Taliban - and supplied books to the people of Kabul. He was imprisoned by the Communists and had to stand by and watch as illiterate Taliban soldiers burned his books in the street.

Award winning journalist Åsne Seierstad spent four months with Khan and his famiIy observing how his beloved books became a symbol of freedom.