The Most Dangerous Place, Imtiaz Gul
The Most Dangerous Place, Imtiaz Gul
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The Most Dangerous Place
Pakistan's Lawless Frontier

Author: Imtiaz Gul

Narrator: Kevin Foley

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/22/2010


Synopsis

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 and government and military officers, as well as extensive first-hand reporting, The Most Dangerous Place is a gripping and definitive exposé of a region that Americans urgently need to understand.

About Imtiaz Gul

Imtiaz Gul has been reporting on Islamist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the late 1980s. He has written extensively for Pakistan's Friday Times and News and reported for CNN and Al Jazeera. He is the author of The Unholy Nexus: Pak-Afghan Relations under the Taliban, and he heads the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on May 15, 2021

This was well-researched about the Federally Administered Tribal Region of Pakistan (FATR). This is the Afghan-Pakistan border that is dominated by the Pashtun ethnic tribe. This presents a problem because the Pashtun people do not acknowledge the border: weapons, cash, armed combatants, and other r......more

Goodreads review by Megan on July 07, 2010

I was really excited to read this book, which I won for free through Goodreads. What intrigued me was the description of the book as "a gripping and definitive exposé of a region that Americans need urgently to understand." Honestly, this book was a difficult read for me. This is an in-depth look at......more

Goodreads review by Robert on August 21, 2013

Good in some ways, fair in others. If geopolitics is your game, this is a good book. If you're a scholar of political science, the subcontinent, or the Taliban, this is a good book. My number one takeaway is that the situation is more fluid and subtle than I realized. The book does have its faults.......more

Goodreads review by Hillary on July 06, 2010

OK, so having initially cracked the cover a few weeks ago, I neglected this one a bit while I finished re-reading a favorite fantasy series. I'm weak, what can I say? That's not to imply that The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan's Lawless Frontierdoesn't have plenty to recommend it. The book is remarkl......more