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020 _a067002225X (hardcover)
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050 0 4 _aHV6433.P18
082 0 4 _a954.91053
_bGUL 2011
100 1 _aGul, Imtiaz.
245 1 4 _aThe most dangerous place :
_bpakistan's lawless frontier /
_cImtiaz Gul.
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bViking Adult,
_c2010.
300 _a280 p. ;
_c24 cm.
520 _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.
650 0 _aPakistan
650 0 _aPakistan--Federally Administered Tribal Areas
650 0 _aPakistan--Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
650 0 _aPolitical science
650 0 _aQaida (Organization)
650 0 _aTaliban
650 0 _aTerrorism
650 0 _aTerrorism--Religious aspects--Islam
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