Sleepwalking to Surrender: Dealing with Terrorism in Pakistan - Couverture rigide

Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed Khaled

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 067008896X ISBN 13 : 9780670088966

Editeur : Viking (India), 2016

Synopsis

Pakistan is still on the brink of becoming a failed state as a consequence of its decades-old practice of using proxy warriors in the region. Because of the weakening of the writ of the state, neither governance nor the economy can function normally; in fact, some say the two strong entities in today's Pakistan are the Taliban and the army. Non-state actors, and the extremist terror outfits they control, pursue extortion, kidnapping and murder to fund their activities and receive ideological, financial and logistical support from the deep state. The army continues to use them in its India-centric agenda. Civilian institutions are intimated and individuals who speak out against the terror outfits become targets of their retribution. Violence, not law, increasingly commands human conduct, and the state's willingness to enter into 'peace talks' with the Taliban is viewed as a form of surrender to extremism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Khaled Ahmed is the consulting editor for Newsweek Pakistan, and former consulting editor for the Daily Times and the Friday Times. He has a thirty-year career in journalism, and has written on the ideology and politics of Pakistan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking (India)
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 067008896X
• ISBN 13: 9780670088966
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 472
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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