straight after the glass palace, i wanted to complete the afghan. a fictional story of british and american intelligence and secrete missions behind enemy lines in pakistan and afghanistan. frankly i would rather watch a movie of such a genre than read the book. after watching the whole 24 series, i think no other book can beat the ctu there. so yes i would prefer watching it rather than imagine a plot described by the book
in the afghan, there is a major al qaeda operation in the works but the intelligence have absolutely no clue on the target. since they do not have anyone in the inside, they do the near impossible job of infiltrating an agent into al qaeda. they hire colonel mike martin, a former sas officer who is passed off as izmat khan, the afghan who is a former senior commander of the taliban.
forsyth has obviously done lengthy research into the movements of the al qaeda and mingles fact and fiction well. the book is a good read giving an insight into systematic schemes of international terrorism, the faith and motivation of terrorists, how they work, the people involved, the ways of the intelligence and their detection of unimaginable threats that are very much plausible in the real world. a bit rushed at the end with a little disappointing climax, and i must say this to conclude, one cannot help but compare it to the superior day of the jackal.
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