The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth

The Afghan, by Frederick Forsyth, is a thought-provoking thriller on modern terrorism. In this story, the MI6, the CIA, and ISI come together to investigate the cryptic al-Isra, a code name for an intended terrorist attack.

Summary of the Book

The British and American Intelligence Services find an obscure document concerning a planned terrorist outbreak. The al-Isra, being a catchphrase, stimulates the intelligence agencies to probe further. Anxious to know more, the agencies rush to dig up data from diverse sources. They even send a spy to the closest terror networks so that they can simply discover a hint to al-Isra, but all these plans go futile. And although al-Qaeda is already done with their plan of attack, the Intelligence still has no clue about it. What will be their next plans? Where and when is the al-Qaeda planning to attack? Will the intelligence agencies be successful in stopping them? Frederick Forsyth’s work is a page-turner with extraordinary detail and compulsive spectacle. The Afghanis regarded as a sequel to his book, The Fist of God, another suspense novel.

About Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth is a world famous English author, widely known for his suspense and thriller novels. He is also an occasional political commentator. He studied at the Tonbridge School and graduated from the University of Granada in Spain. Forsyth worked as a journalist for the Reuters in 1961, and worked as an assistant diplomatic correspondent for BBC in the year 1965. Before becoming a journalist, he had worked as a jet fighter pilot for the RAF. He was honoured with the Cartier Diamond Dagger by the Crime Writers Association in February 2012 for his exceptional contribution to the genre of suspense and thriller. Some of his most famous works are The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs of War, The Veteran, Avenger, and The Cobra.