The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2008 - Pakistan's Tribal areas

Pakistan's government is locked in an intense battle with Islamist militants for control of areas on its northern border with Afghanistan. For Assignment Owen Bennett-Jones visits the Khyber pass - the main supply route for the American and other western forces based in Afghanistan - and discovers that the insurgency has made it vulnerable.

Published on Thursday, 25th September 2008.

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