The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt runs 16.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laila Pyne (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laila Pyne
Laila Pyne narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 49 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
413 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt is an audiobook by Åsne Seierstad: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Laila Pyne, released August 5, 2025, on the Social Science and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laila Pyne
- Released
- August 5, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Military (History), Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781639736287
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt as an audiobook?
The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.
Is The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt?
The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt is narrated by Laila Pyne.
Is The Afghans: Three Lives Through War, Love, and Revolt worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.