This book reviews the terrorist environment in South Asia, concentrating on
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, but also including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and
Nepal with US led counter terrorism efforts focused especially on southeast
asia, the existence of international terrorist groups and their supporters in
south asia is identified as a threat to both regional stability to the
attainment of central U.S. policy goals. Al Quaeda forces that fled from
afghanistan with their taliban supporters remain active on Pakistani territory
and Al quaeda believe to have links with indegeneous pakistani terrorist groups
that have conducted anti-western attacks and that support separatist militancy
in Indian Kashmir. A significant portion of