Shadow War: Untold Story of Jihad in South Asia
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
9789383316236
Length
304p., 23cm.
Subjects
Pakistan intensified its military and financial support to Kashmiri jihadis at the end of the 1980s and kept supporting the Afghan mujahideen even after the withdrawal of the Soviets, but never admitted doing so. The Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, followed by the jihad in Afghanistan (1979-89) against the Soviet occupation soon turned Pakistan into what one commentator termed as the original staging ground of Jihad as an international movement . Large sums ...
