This hard-hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South
Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm. By
meticulously tracking the rise of the jihadist movement from its initial
violence in Afghanistan in 1980 to the present day, Dilip Hiro challenges
conventional narratives of the roles of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Soviet Union,
the United States, and India. He warns that the Line of Control in Kashmir,
where jihadists seek to incite war between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, is
today the most dangerous border in the world.
Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources including newly