Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

Despite being in the mood for reading some world history, this book felt pretty heavy-handed and super dense or maybe I had considered the history of Afghanistan from the medieval to 2012 as somewhat short and manageable to complete in a few days without noting it down thoroughly. I am regretting my decision to pick up this book as I was largely interested in Afghan history before and during the cold war till now.
I also didn't like how the author had written, it was structured as story-like and not too convenient to memorise and understand the dense details.
3. 5 stars for now(although it's kind of my fault..)
P.S- Need to reread this when I get plenty of time