JIHAD OR REVENGE THEORIZING RADICALIZATION IN PASHTUN TRIBAL BELT ALONG THE BORDER OF AFGHANISTAN

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07      10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07      Published : Jun 2019
Authored by : Ayaz AliShah , Nelofar Ehsan , Hina Malik

07 Pages : 67-77

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    APA : Shah, A. A., Ehsan, N., & Malik, H. (2019). Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan. Global Political Review, IV(II), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07
    CHICAGO : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. 2019. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV (II): 67-77 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07
    HARVARD : SHAH, A. A., EHSAN, N. & MALIK, H. 2019. Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan. Global Political Review, IV, 67-77.
    MHRA : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. 2019. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV: 67-77
    MLA : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV.II (2019): 67-77 Print.
    OXFORD : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Ehsan, Nelofar, and Malik, Hina (2019), "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan", Global Political Review, IV (II), 67-77
    TURABIAN : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review IV, no. II (2019): 67-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07