Publication
2010
Failure to integrate Swat fully into Pakistan may have been the main cause of the unrest in this district since the late 1990s. Secondly, Local Government Reforms since 2001 opened up further space for militants by demolishing the magistracy system that maintained the writ of the state. The interconnected religious, military and political history of the Pakhtun regions resonated with the Taliban’s call to Jihad.
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Author | Khalid Aziz, Helge Lurås |
Series | NUPI Policy Briefs |
Issue | 6 |
Publisher | Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) |
Copyright | © 2010 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) |