Alleged "cartoonist" and pundit Ted Rall ventured into Afghanistan in November and December 2001 to see the new war, and writes and draws about it in this book. On the plus side, Rall is a decent essayist who skepticism about the war turned out to be entirely correct. On the downside, his artistic style is one step above crayon scribbling, and the story is not that interesting. Being an independent journalist in Central Asia means a lot of getting ripped off by the locals, hoping you don't get killed by the locals, and cursing at the rich bastards with the networks. Rall froze in the Northen Alliance city of Taloqan, observed the battle for Kunduz from a distance, and noted both the basic decency of Afghanistani in helping each other in trying times, and the treachery of the fighters (literally identical across the Northern Alliance and the Taliban) and the roving nighttime rape-and-murder gangs of soldiers/bandits. Rall's point of view is, as usual, planetary in how self-centered it is. He's right, and you're wrong for not being as cynical about the war as he is.

If you're looking for a book in this view, get Matt Bors' War is Boring instead, which is better by every conceivable measure.