AFGHANISTAN

Cross off the listed words where you find them in the grid and the leftover letters will spell out the author and title of each of two acclaimed novels set in this landlocked country.

1. Afghani 2. Aimaq 3. Amu Darya 4. Ancient 5. Asia 6. Assembly

7. Badakhshan 8. Badghis 9. Baghlan 10. Balkh 11. Baloch 12. Central 13. Charikar 14. Coal 15. Copper

16. Dari 17. Daykundi 18. Desert 19. Football 20. Gardens of Babur 21. Ghazni

22. Ghor

23. Gold

24. Hari River 25. Hazara 26. Helmand 27. Highlands 28. Hindu Kush 29. House of Elders 30. Indo-Iranian 31. Iron ore 32. Islamic 33. Jalalabad 34. Jowzjan 35. Kandahar 36. Kapisa 37. Khost 38. Khyber Pass 39. Kokcha 40. Kunar 41. Kunduz 42. Laghman

43. Lithium 44. Logar 45. Mazar-I-Sharif 46. Minaret of Jam 47. Mountainous 48. Nangarhar 49. Nimruz 50. Northern 51. Noshaq 52. Nuristan 53. Oruzgan 54. Paktika 55. Panjshir 56. Parwan 57. Pashto 58. Petroleum 59. Plains 60. Plateau 61. Puli Khumri 62. Republic 63. Salang Pass 64. Samangan 65. Sar-e Pol 66. Sheberghan 67. Shrine of Ali 68. Silk Road 69. Southwestern 70. Tajiks 71. Takhar 72. Taloqan 73. Tora Bora 74. Tribal 75. Turkmen 76. Uzbeks 77. Wardak 78. Zinc