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DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTH NATURE OF TERRORISM IN THE PAKHTUN REGION 20012013

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).01      10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).01      Published : Jun 2018

Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013)

Abstract

    The current study is an attempt to identify the true nature of terrorism in the Pakhtun region that mainly took place during 2001-2013. Although the study heavily relies on secondary data analysis, however numerous unstructured interviews and group discussions with experts has also been carried out to thoroughly understand the issue at hand. The study finds that terrorism in the Pakhtun region has neither been a struggle for the imposition of Sharia nor a Pakhtun nationalist movement. Based on the investigation of the available literature, the study concludes that it has been a politically motivated struggle for the acquisition of power. The study suggests that the writ of the state should be implemented in letter and spirit in the erstwhile FATA region.

    Terrorism, Insurgency, Taliban, Nature, Pakhtun Region, Pakistan

    (1) Abdul Shakoor
    Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Shakoor, Abdul. 2018. "Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013)." Global Political Review, III (I): 1-11 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2018(III-I).01

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    HARVARD : SHAKOOR, A. 2018. Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013). Global Political Review, III, 1-11.

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    MHRA : Shakoor, Abdul. 2018. "Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013)." Global Political Review, III: 1-11

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    MLA : Shakoor, Abdul. "Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013)." Global Political Review, III.I (2018): 1-11 Print.

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    OXFORD : Shakoor, Abdul (2018), "Deconstructing the Myth: Nature of Terrorism in the Pakhtun Region (2001-2013)", Global Political Review, III (I), 1-11

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