Dimensions
161 x 242 x 26mm
As far as Colin Berry’s family were concerned, he’d gone to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban to market the low-cost modular housing that his engineering company manufactured. The truth was much more complicated. In fact, Berry, a former soldier, had been recruited by British intelligence to join an operation to secretly buy back weapons systems which had been delivered to the Mujahideen during their struggle against the Soviets. Berry spent months on a gruelling operation, organising local teams to track down weapons in an effort to prevent them from falling into the hands of al-Qaeda.
But, in February 2003, it all went terribly wrong. Concerned for his own security, Berry made preparations to leave the country. He was packing his bags when he got a call: two Afghan intermediaries wanted to see him. He agreed to a final meeting in his hotel room but by the time it had finished both Afghans were dead and Berry himself was seriously wounded.
In 'The Deniable Agent', Colin Berry finally reveals the truth about what happened in the Intercontinental Hotel that night and how he spent nearly a year in a stinking Afghan jail, being beaten and tortured. All the while, the British Embassy in Kabul, and his handlers back in London, barely lifted a finger to help him, despite the efforts of his wife Alison to mobilise support.
