Title Afghanistan

Published Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (196 pages) Contents Intro; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Possible fallout from Afghanistan; The need for worry and outside intervention; Dismantling the current political order; Afghanistan and the superpowers; The Pakistan factor: the AfPak area; The book's design; 2 The Afghanistan conflict in its historical context; A brief historical background; The rise of the Taliban; Post-Taliban political developments; The resurgence of the Taliban; What motivates insurgents?; Suicide bombings in Afghanistan; Who are Afghanistan's suicide bombers? Insights from the UNAMA interviewsConcluding remarks; 3 The Taliban, Pashtun identity and the Afghanistan conflict; Pashtun culture and ethnic identity; Pashtunwali, Islam and Pashtun identity; US policy and Pashtun alienation; The neo-Taliban; The neo-Taliban insurgency: jihad or terrorism?; 4 War after the war; America's misaligned Afghanistan strategy; The Karzai factor; Increasing insecurity in Afghanistan; Pakistan and post-2014 Afghanistan; The Taliban and the peace process; 5 Heading for the exit; The Obama doctrine; Negotiating to head for the exit; Conclusion 6 Consequences of the exit: Afghanistan after 2014America's economic assistance to Afghanistan; Economic consequences of the American exit; Political consequences of the presidential elections and the American exit; 7 The Afghanistan-Pakistan interface; Pakistan-Afghanistan economic links; Refugees and internally displaced people in Pakistan; Conclusion; 8 Afghanistan-Pakistan border areas: An Islamic extremism domain in the making; The anatomy of extremism in Pakistan; The Zarb-i-Azb operation in North Waziristan; Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation; 9 Afghanistan: Setting for the future Pakistani/Indian competitionChina's interest; Russia and Central Asia; Iran and Turkey; A possible paradigm for the future; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-232) and index Notes Print version record Subject War and society -- Afghanistan Economic assistance -- Afghanistan Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan Economic assistance Economic history Humanitarian assistance Politics and government War and society SUBJECT Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 2001-2021 Afghanistan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject Afghanistan Form Electronic book Author Burki, Shahid Javed Chowdhurỳ, Iftekhar Ahmed ISBN 0522867340 9780522867343

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