Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam
 

Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle With Militant Islam

by Zahid Hussain

After September 11, 2001, Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, vowed to fight extremism in his country and has since established himself as a key ally in America's "global war on terror." But as veteran Pakistani journalist and commentator Zahid Hussain reveals in this book, Musharraf is in an impossible position. The Pakistani army and intelligence services are thoroughly penetrated by... (more)

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VenkateshHR
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Gives you a basic understanding of the issues Pakistan faces as a nation and an understanding of the roots of terrorism and militant outfits. Hussain also makes a few admissions - that Pakistan sponsors terrorism in the Kashmir valley, that the military was responsible for the 'adventure' called Kargil.

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