1st Edition
The Rise and Decline of the Insurgency in Pakistan’s FATA
By Shahzad Akhtar
Copyright 2023
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyzes the emergence, rise, and decline of insurgency by the Pakistani Taliban in Pakistan’s North-Western region, also known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It provides a detailed account of the rise and decline of the FATA insurgency and also examines aftereffects of the insurgency.
Offering an in-depth analysis of how insurgency in the FATA began in 2004 after... Read more
Introduction; 1. Repression, Cooptation and Insurgency in the FATA; 2. Weak Counterinsurgency and the Rise of the FATA Insurgency; 3. Strong Counterinsurgency and Decline of the FATA Insurgency; 4. Aftereffects of Insurgency in FATA: Integration of the FATA, Rise of PTM and Resurgence of the TTP
Biography
Shahzad Akhtar is an Assistant Professor in the School of Integrated Social Sciences and a research fellow at the Centre for Security, Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore, Pakistan.
