The development of Taliban factions in Afghanistan and Pakistan : a geographical account, February 2010
Publisher: EDWIN MELLEN PRESS
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York, USA
Format: Paperback; Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Description: This work pieces together an understanding of the Afghanistan War, primarily through the principle author’s knowledge and writings, secondarily through relevant books and articles by other authors. The goal is to provide a “primer” that individuals with little understanding of this region can use to educate themselves on the real issues of the War, issues that are rarely spoken about in the filtered politicized Western media. This book will be of value to young soldiers or diplomats being deployed for the first time to this region of the world.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: RADICAL, “JIHADIST,” OR POLITICAL ISLAM; title: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AFHGANISTAN; title: WHO ARE THE TALIBAN?; title: GOOD TALIBAN/AFGHAN TALIBAN; title: PAKISTAN TALIBAN/ WAZIRISTAN/BAD TALIBAN; title: al-Qaeda LINKED TALIBAN; title: IRAN/RUSSIAN LINKED TALIBAN; title: PUNJABI TALIBAN; title: DRUG MAFIA TALIBAN & OTHER SOURCES OF TALIBAN FINANCING; title: OTHER GROUPS; title: Pakistani Baluchistan; title: Haqqani Network; title: Afghan War Lords; title: Shia Iran; title: HEART OF THE MATTER; title: Oil & Natural Gas; title: Nuclear Weapons; title: INDIA/PAKISTAN ISSUE; title: Kashmir “Water Wars”; title: Pakistan Today; title: POTENTIAL OF AFGHAN CONFLICT SPREADING TO CENTRAL ASIA; title: THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN; title: PROXIMATE VERSUS ULTIMATE CAUSES OF CONFLICT CONCLUDING REMARKS; title: A Proxy War; title: A Combination of State and Non-State Actors; title: Known and Hidden Actors; title: Pakistan, a Case of “Hunting with the Hounds and Running with the Foxes”; title: Ethnic Factors; title: The Great Myth of 80,000 Pakistani Troops; title: A Case of Large Spaces and Insufficient Force Ratios; title: A Case of Inconclusive Civil War; title: A Case of Long-Term U.S. Strategic Interests and Its Clash with Regional Actors; title: A Case of an Undeclared Indo Pak War Being Fought in Afghanistan; title: U.S.-Pakistan Relationship is Complex; title: Pakistan at Cross Roads of Choice of Direction; title: In Conclusion; title: ABOUT THE AUTHORS; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: INDEX