Description
CONTENTS
Introduction
Historiography of Militias (Lashkars) in FATA, KP
Composition, Operations and Role of Militias
Legality of Arming Civil Population
Militia Strategy and Civil War Prospects
About the Author
The author holds Ph-D degree in Political Science from the University of Peshawar and has done four masters in English Literature and Linguistics, Political Science, Journalism and Mass Communication and International Relations. Working as a journalist, academician and researcher with different professional organizations, his area of interest is peace and conflict. His special focus is on militancy, terrorism, and strategies of militant groups in Af-Pak region. Besides -writing a policy paper for the prestigious New America Foundation, he has also published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals recognized by Higher Education Commission (HEC). From 2005 to 2007, he also worked as an assistant editor with renowned Kabul based news agency Pajwak. He also has contributed to the American newspaper San Francisco Chronicle. Currently, the author works with the BBC World Service and is based in Peshawar, the provincial capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. Besides, he has taught linguistics in the National University of Modern Languages Peshawar; Political Science in the renowned and historical Islamia College Peshawar under the Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs (IPFP) and a visiting faculty in the department of the Political Science, University of Peshawar.
About The Books
The book touches upon how much the anti-Taliban militias have been effective in Bajaur, Mohmand and Khyber agencies of FATA and Dir, Swat and Buner districts of Malakand division, as well as in Adezai and Mashogagar neighborhoods of Peshawar. In addition, it examines whether or not the anti- Taliban militia at some time can exploit the political, socio- cultural, ethnic, military and religious landscapes in Pakistan and plunge the country into a civil strife. For clarity’s sake, the militias and situations in Pakistan have been compared with the Afghanistan. However, main focus of my book is Pakistan.
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