The Third Qibla: The Story of a Generation Blown Away

Najib Roshan writes from inside the apparatus: he served as an expert on the Party Control Committee of the Central Committee. One scene stands for the book's argument. When Abdul Rashid Arian handed the committee over to his successor Abdul Rashid Waziri, he passed on the key to the cabinet holding the files on accused party members — hundreds of dossiers, thousands of pages — and did it in the presence of Saleh Mohammad Ziray alone. That evidence was undeniable and by law should have been acted on. On grounds of expediency, no offender was punished; the few who were came from the lower ranks, for drinking too much, for not going to the front, for failing to show up. Text in Dari/Persian.

Author: نجیب روشن

Original title: قبلۀ سوم؛ سرگذشتِ یک نسلِ برباد رفته