| In 2007, I took my holidays in northern Pakistan,
in the Northern Areas and NW Frontier Province. Spooky, since I booked
it before I learned that my great grandfather had been there. The tribal
homelands are closed to all foreigners, and to most Pakistanis, as they
are essentially lawless, so Waziristan was off limits. I still got a
very good sense of the terrain, which is wild and rough and hot and
unforgiving and dusty - I can't imagine trying to fight there against
natives who know the area intimately. |
