| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 292 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Groups and Individuals; Introduction; 1. How it All Began; 2. Aims and Strategy; 3. Efforts to 'Synchronise' IS-K with IS-Central; 4. Hybrid: IS-K Structure Between Centralisation and Centrifugal Tendencies; 5. Drivers of Support for IS-K; 6. The Expansion of IS-K; 7. The Funding of IS-K; 8. Shaking Up the World of Khorasan's Jihadism; 9. The Dead End of Salafism and IS-K Adaptation; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The New Layha of Tehrik-e-Khalifat |
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Appendix 2: Organisational Diagram of IS-K, Early 2016Appendix 3: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2011, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Appendix 4: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2017, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Analyzes how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 24, 2018) |
| Subject |
Islamic State Khorasan Province (Organization)
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IS (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic State Khorasan Province (Organization) fast |
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IS (Organization) fast |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021
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Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001403
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central
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Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
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Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- Asia, Central
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Asia, Central -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa
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Afghanistan
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Central Asia
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787380943 |
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1787380947 |
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