The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. Individual stories highlight different perspectives--including a Taliban ambassador and Afghan and U.S. Army soldiers--but every account highlights the human element of war. The tales in this book--based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti--are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. While the stories are from the recent past, The 'Stan is still very much about Afghanistan's and America's present--and likely their future.

"Afraid of everything" / Abdul Salam Zaeef, Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan, Kandahar -- "Commando shopping spree" / Msgt. Scott Satterlee, USA, Khost Province -- "Winter in Korengal" / Spec. Donald Lee, USA, Korengal Valley -- "Hoats's war" / Pvt. Matt Hoats, USA, Logar Province -- "Operation Donkey Haul" / 10th Mountain Division, USA, Logar Province -- "I can never go home" / Abdul, Afghan National Army, Dubai -- "Margah" / Pvt. Timothy James, USA, Paktika Province -- "From Hooters waitress to soldier" / Spec. Alison Parton, USA, somewhere in Afghanistan -- "Ordnance disposal" / Capt. Marshall Hughes, USA, Kandahar Province -- "Going rogue" / Mohamed Aman, Afghan local police, Paktika Province -- "Always be prepared" / Ssgt. Brent Dulak, USA, Kandahar Province -- "Afghan Rambo" -- "Tom," USA, Laghman Province -- "Tall tales" / Sgt. Aaron Chavez, USA, Kandahar Province -- "Kabul E.R." and "The entrepreneur" / 1st Lt. Corrine Brown, USA, Kabul -- "Winning" / Ssgt. Ryan Nupen, USA, Kunar & Laghman Provinces -- "Left behind" / Sami Kazikhani, Afghan interpreter, and Sgt. Aaron Fleming, USMC, Turkey, the Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Macedonia, Croatia, and Germany -- "War and fireworks" / Kevin Knodell, freelance journalist, Parkland, Washington.