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The Most Dangerous Place
Imtiaz Gul
Pakistan's Lawless Frontier
Penguin
June 2010
On Sale: June 10, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 067002225X
EAN: 9780670022250
Hardcover
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The 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 exposé of a region that Americans
need urgently to understand.
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