Khyber Knights: An Account of Perilous Adventure and Forbidden Romance in the Depths of Mystic Asia Few places on Earth were more dangerous in 1983 than Peshawar, Pakistan. Riding through this fiery forge was CuChullaine O'Reilly. A convert to Islam, the wandering horseman was unfazed by religious o
Explorers’ Web described CuChullaine O'Reilly as “a living legend” and praised his adventure travel book, Khyber Knight, as “magical.”After extensive travels in Afghanistan, CuChullaine converted to Islam, journeyed to the Muslim holy city of Mecca, then made a daring solo equestrian journey across Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province.The book describes how Boston University then engaged the author to teach journalism to mujahadeen opposing the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. It also reveals the oppressive regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, who had usurped power from Pakistan’s elected government.The newly released hardback second-edition concludes with an extensive examination of how events witnessed by the author led to the emergence of the Taliban, the ill-advised invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan. Amply illustrated, the text is accomp
| Title | : | Khyber Knights: An Account of Perilous Adventure and Forbidden Romance in the Depths of Mystic Asia |
| Author | : | CuChullaine O'Reilly |
| Format | : | Paperback - Pages ( 658 ) |
| Rating | : | 4.92 |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-11-01 |
| Id Book | : | 1590480007 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
Few places on Earth were more dangerous in 1983 than Peshawar, Pakistan. With a savage war being waged a few miles away between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen, Peshawar had become the new Casablanca. When she wasn't being bombed, her narrow streets hosted a swirling human cocktail of turbaned freedom fighters, tight-lipped foreign mercenaries, naïve foreign aid workers, cruel Pathan warlords, and more spies than ever lurked in Berlin. Riding through this fiery forge was CuChullaine O'Reilly. The journalist who turned equestrian explorer was already familiar with Peshawar and the surrounding lawless portions of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. A convert to Islam, the wandering horseman was unfazed by religious obstacles, fluent in the patois of the tribesmen, and able to partake of any local offering from luke warm goat fat to sullied ditch water. Setting off from Peshawar, O'Reilly began an equestrian odyssey into a mediaeval portion of the world devoid of merc
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