games-pc hitman 2 User Manual

In a remote valley, hidden in the Hindu

Kush mountain range of Nuristan, lies a

secluded citadel. Currently, it’s ruled by a

local khan, Abdul Bismillah Malik, known

as Al-Khabir (The Big Guy), and his fierce

tribe of warmongering mujahedin. 

A minaret doubles as a watchtower —

overlooking the steppes, hillsides and

nearby river. Anyone openly approaching

the citadel can be seen for miles. This, and

the solid brick walls surrounding the

citadel, seem to signal security, but this

stronghold has changed hands many times

over the centuries. A professional always

finds a way.

A Sikh uprising in this remote region of Punjab, Northern India, in the mid 1980s was

ruthlessly repressed by government troops. Many innocent locals were killed, and ever since,

no outsider has dared venture into this territory for fear of reprisals.

A maze of small shops and bangalas (small houses) suggest some prosperity in

this otherwise poverty-stricken province. Sure enough a magnificent,

ancient  gurdwara (Sikh temple) — complete with marble inlays, glazed

tiles, filigree partitions, priceless murals and gold domes — is protected by

the high walls of a qila (fort) … and fanatical believers.

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