Part 1 Prologue: Hijarah in the Islamic tradition Z.I.Ansari; refugees and international law, A.K.Pye and W.J.Brian Jr. Part 2 Afghan society: Afghanistan state and society in retrospect, M.N.Shahrani; social reforms in Afghanistan in relation to neighbouring countries - interference and peace, S.Q.Reshtia; Afghanistan - the ethnic dimension, A.Janata; Afghan intellectuals in exile - philosophical and psychological dimensions, S.B. Majrooh; the nomads' situation, an historical contrast, R.Palwal; events leading up to the soviet invasion of Afghanistan, M.S. Wahidi-Wardak. Part 3 the refugees: Afghan refugees in Pakistan - the Pakistani view, S.Azhar;Afghan refugees - the Afghan view, S. Kushkaki; a sociocultural dimension - Afghan women refugees in Pakistan, N.H.Dupree; Afghan refugees in Pakistan - definitions, repatriation and ethnicity, G.M. Farr; Afghan refugees in Pakistan - the possibility of assimilation, S.Z. Khan; Afghan nomads in exile - patterns of organization and re-organization in Pakistan, G.Pedersen; honour in exile, I.W. Boesen; Part 4 Military / Political context: War in Afghanistan - the strategic-military context, J.J. Collins; Soviet strategies, Afghan refugees and Pakistan's security, M.G. Weinbaum; Afghan refugees - the geo-strategic context, K.Matinuddin; Afghan refugees - the geopolitical context, E.W. Anderson; Part 5 Epilogue: Afghanistan and the future - many questions but few answers, E.W. Anderson.