E-audiobook
The most dangerous place Pakistan's lawless frontier
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400197972 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 140019797X (electronic audio bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 sound file : digital. - Publisher: Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:08:11. Audio file. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pakistan's dangerous game -- A cauldron of militancy -- The Kaloosha operation -- The Taliban in North and South Waziristan -- A question of justice: an administrative profile of FATA -- The al Qaeda connection: Arabs, Uzbeks, and the Haqqani network -- Crime and corruption in Khyber and Bajaur -- Mohmand, Kurram, and Orakzai -- Swat is burning -- Al Qaeda brings suicide bombing to Pakistan -- The ISI factor -- Who funds the militants? -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: A profile of Pakistani militants -- Appendix 2: A profile of militant organizations in Pakistan. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kevin Foley. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 145707 KB; MP3 file size: 285660 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Qaida (Organization) Taliban. Terrorism -- Pakistan -- Federally Administered Tribal Areas Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
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