02520nam a2200325 a 4500001001500000005001700015008004100032020003500073020003000108040000600138050001500144082002400159100001700183245007500200260003500275300002100310520142900331650001301760650005001773650003301823650002201856650002501878650001201903650001401915650004001929856008201969942001202051999001702063952011402080ASIN067002225X20170105102928.0131216s2010    xxu                 eng d  a067002225X (hardcover)c$26.95  a9780670022250 (hardcover)  a004aHV6433.P1804a954.91053bGUL 20111 aGul, Imtiaz.14aThe most dangerous place :bpakistan's lawless frontier /cImtiaz Gul.  a[S.l.] :bViking Adult,c2010.  a280 p. ;c24 cm.  aThe story of the dark side of the Afghan war - and how Pakistan degenerated into a nuclear-armed powder keg Eight years ago we chased the Taliban from Kabul and forced Al Qaeda to find a new home. One by one the militants crossed the border into Pakistan and settled in its tribal areas, building alliances with locals and terrorizing or bribing their way to power. This place - Pakistan's lawless frontier - is now the epicenter of global terrorism. It is where young American and British jihadists go to be trained, where the kidnapped are stowed away, and where plots are hatched for deadly attacks all over the world. It has become, in President Obama's words, "the most dangerous place" - a hornet's nest of violent extremists, many of whom now target their own state in vicious suicide- bombing campaigns. Imtiaz Gul, who knows the ins and outs of these groups and their leaders, tackles the toughest questions about the current situation: What can be done to bring the Pakistani Taliban under control? Who funds these militants and what are their links to Al Qaeda? Are they still supported by the ISI, Pakistan's all-powerful intelligence agency? Based on dozens of exclusive interviews with high-ranking Pakistani intelligence, government and military officers and extensive first-hand reporting, The Most Dangerous Place is a gripping and definitive expos� of a region that Americans need urgently to understand. 0aPakistan 0aPakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas 0aPakistan--Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 0aPolitical science 0aQaida (Organization) 0aTaliban 0aTerrorism 0aTerrorism--Religious aspects--Islam403Amazon.comuhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067002225X/chopaconline-20  2ddccBK  c15943d15943  001040708NFICaCIPSbCIPScGENd2013-09-30l0o954.91053 GUL 2011pCIPS0001574r2013-12-17w2013-12-17yBK