THE PASHTUNS
Description
The Pashtuns are perhaps the largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. They inhabit a continuous stretch of land from the Hindu Kush to the Indus, across Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan used the Pashtun dominated areas in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as a launching pad against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and later during the US-led War on Terror. In the process FATA was kept in a constitutional and informational black hole. The discontent finally burst in 2018 when the extra-judicial killing of a Pashtun youth led to widespread protests. This book by veteran analyst Tilak Devasher fulfils a gap in the geopolitical understanding of South Asia, given the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the shifting power equations in the region. ISBN: 9789394407633 AUTHOR: TILAK DEVASHER
Product Details
- SKU: 9789394407633
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- ISBN: 9789394407633
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2022
- Number of Pages: 433
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- Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Language: English
- Weight: 0.37 g
