{"product_id":"shadows-over-the-valley-rohit-tikoo-9798278143277","title":"Shadows Over The Valley: Oeration Tupac, Cold War, Geopolitics and the Kashmiri Pandit Exodus","description":"\u003cb\u003eJanuary 1990. Midnight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKashmir froze as loudspeakers roared across the Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConvert. Leave. Or die.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFear spread like wildfire. By sunrise, Pandit families packed whatever they could carry. By the end of winter, over 350,000 people had abandoned a land that had cradled their identity for thousands of years.\u003cbr\u003eIt felt sudden. It felt chaotic. It felt unavoidable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany believed the violence erupted without warning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows Over the Valley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e reveals a far more unsettling truth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe operation that triggered the exodus began a decade earlier, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1979, the CIA launched \u003cb\u003eOperation Cyclone\u003c\/b\u003e, the largest covert operation in its history. Pakistan's military leadership built vast networks of camps and radical training centres that reshaped the region. General Zia-ul-Haq engineered an ideological project that rippled across borders and generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Afghan war ended. The fighters remained. The weapons remained. The infrastructure remained.\u003cbr\u003ePakistan redirected the entire apparatus towards Kashmir under a strategy known as \u003cb\u003eOperation Tupac\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShadows Over the Valley\u003c\/i\u003e follows the movement of men, money, and ideology across borders. It exposes the decade-long construction of Operation Tupac. It decodes the silent signals that preceded the Pandit exodus. Authorities ignored warnings. Officials dismissed patterns. Decision-makers sealed the fate of an ancient community.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not simply a story of one tragic night in January. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of how global Cold War strategy entered a quiet valley and systematically dismantled its oldest community. The book reveals the calculated architecture behind what appeared to be chaos. The ISI planned it. The CIA enabled it. Zia weaponised ideology. Together, they built the strategic foundations of a conflict that continues to shape South Asia today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rohit Tikoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278143277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Rohit Tikoo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148422553855,"sku":"9798278143277","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-over-the-valley-rohit-tikoo-9798278143277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}