The troubled borderland of Pakistan and Afghanistan the so-called AfPak region is one of the most dangerous areas of the world.Between 2006 and 2010 David L. Gosling lived in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, where he was principal of Edwardes College, a prestigious higher education college, affiliated with the University of Peshawar.In this book, Gosling describes his time at Edwardes College and the challenges and changes of his tenure.Already the first co-educational college in the province, Gosling significantly increased the proportion of female students and staff.The book also describes the early stages of Taliban growth in Afghanistan, its spill-over into the tribal borderlands of Pakistan and how a combination of Pakistan army activity and US drone strikes provoked a furious backlash by Taliban groups against civilian targets in and around Peshawar, including death threats against the author.Providing a personal account of the education and politics of this frontier region, this book offers a unique viewpoint on a part of the world which is often misunderstood."