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The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes

The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Renée Raudman (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.5listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban is an audiobook by Sarah Chayes: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Renée Raudman, released October 1, 2006, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.5 hrs
Narrated by
Renée Raudman
Released
October 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781400173082

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban as an audiobook?

The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban?

The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban is narrated by Renée Raudman.

Is The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.