Silent Soldier

Published in hardback by Jang Publishers, Lahore in July 1991. First Edition and only 2000 copies produced. 106 pages containing colour photographs. The inside of the dust jacket reads as follows; This book is long overdue. Unlike previous publications it is not a biography, but for the first time reveals the role played by General Akhtar as the then head of ISI in the war in Afghanistan. The Activities of the ISI and its involvement in the Jehad, had previously only been guessed at, now we know for certain that it was the channel through which passed the money and the arms to feed the war. For eight years General Akhtar held enormous responsibility for both the security of Pakistan and the prosecution of the Jehad. For almost four years the author was in charge of the Afghan Bureau which coordinated the day to day requirements of weapons, ammunition, training and planning for military operations inside Afghanistan. He is therefore exceptionally well qualified to tell the story of the debt owed to the Mujahideen and to General Akhtar. General Akhtar masterminded the Jehad. He devised the strategy of a thousand cuts to defeat a superpower on the battlefield. He understood the politi