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Title: The Taliban revival : violence and extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier / Hassan Abbas
Main Entry: Abbas, Hassan, 1969-
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Publication Date: 2014
Publication Place: New Haven :
ISBN: 9780300178845 (hardback : alkaline paper)
0300178840 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Subject: Pushtuns -- Politics and government.
Borderlands -- Pakistan.
Borderlands -- Afghanistan.
Political violence -- Pakistan.
Political violence -- Afghanistan.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Afghanistan.
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
HISTORY / Middle East / General
Borderlands
Islamic fundamentalism
Political science
Political violence
Pushtuns -- Politics and government
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Taliban
Contents: Introduction: Setting the scene -- "Intruders are always unwelcome" : Pashtun identity, culture and political history -- Enter at Your Own Risk : Tribes and troubles on Pakistan's unruly Pashtun frontier (1947/2001) -- Holy warriors of an unholy war : the Afghan Jihad and the chaotic rise of the Taliban (1979/2001) -- Goodbye Taliban? The "Gift of Democracy" for a new Afghanistan -- Setting the stage for the Taliban revival in Afghanistan : the role of sanctuaries in Pakistan's FATA -- Islamabad under siege : Red Mosque vigilantes, protesting lawyers and Musharraf versus Bhutto -- The Battle for the soul of Pakistan : the loss of the Swat Valley and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban -- The political economy of Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan : Opium, crime and development funds -- Empowering the Taliban revival? Impact of local politics, regional rivalries and drone strikes -- Conclusion: Hubris and lack of vision versus hope and prospects for reform

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