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03676aam a2200445 i 4500 001 E29EA74C141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 220303t20222022pk b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2022312330 035 $a (OCoLC)1350431285 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d IUL $d OCLCO $d CLU $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a lcode 043 $a a-pk--- 050 4 $a UA853.P18 $b U453 2022 100 1 $a Ullah, Rahman, $e author. 245 10 $a Militias as a counterinsurgency strategy in Pakistan / $c Rahman Ullah. 250 $a 1st edition. 264 1 $a Islamabad : $b Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue, International Islamic University, $c 2022. 300 $a xiv, 194 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a Since 1947, the Pakistan Army has had no permanent presence in the tribal region of Pakistan; the state couldn't fully establish its writ in the largely inhospitable terrain. During the 1980s, political, socio-cultural, ethnic, military and religious landscapes of Afghanistan provided an enabling environment for freedom fighters to indulge in a civil war. After the fall of the Taliban regime in Kabul, Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants infiltrated into the tribal belt of Pakistan. Washington pressurised Islamabad to launch a military operation against these insurgents. The sporadic military presence and the weak intelligence network in FATA compelled the Pakistani government to devise a new counterinsurgency tactic. The government wanted to win local support against the militias, usually considered an important counterinsurgency strategy. The government encouraged the formation of anti-Taliban militias (Lashkars) in FATA and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These militias backed military operations in the tribal belt. This 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 civil strife. For clarity sake, the militias and situations in Pakistan have been compared with Afghanistan. However, the main focus of the book is Pakistan. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189). 505 00 $g Introduction -- $t Militia strategy and civil war prospects $t Composition, operations and role of militias -- $t Legality of arming civil population -- $t Militia strategy and civil war prospects 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a Paramilitary forces $z Pakistan $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Counterinsurgency $z Pakistan $y 21st century. 650 0 $a National security $z Pakistan $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Internal security $z Pakistan $y 21st century. 650 0 $a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. 650 7 $a Counterinsurgency $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881325 650 7 $a Internal security $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00976624 650 7 $a Military policy $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 $a National security $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01033711 650 7 $a Paramilitary forces $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01052998 651 0 $a Pakistan $x Military policy $y 21st century. 651 7 $a Pakistan $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210275 710 2 $a International Islamic University (IslaÌmaÌbaÌd, Pakistan). $b Iqbal International Institute for Research & Dialogue, $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012713.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E29EA74C141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search