Over the past decade or so, fundamentalism and religious factionalism in southern Asia including Pakistan have been on the rise significantly in a way that that country has been named the heartland of fundamentalism and extremist movements in Asia. The creation of the so-called Taliban of Pakistan is one of the features of extremism. Pakistani Taliban has a complex structure, ideologically, and has intertwined with Al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan, structurally. Accordingly, this article argues that the factors creating Pakistani Taliban would challenge this country's internal order and security and that of the whole region.
Over the past decade or so, fundamentalism and religious factionalism in southern Asia including Pakistan have been on the rise significantly in a way that that country has been named the heartland of fundamentalism and extremist movements in Asia.
Ahmadi, H. and Baidollah khani, A. (2012). PAKISTANI TALIBAN: GENESIS CAUSES, NATURE, SECURITY CHALLENGES. POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 42(1), 21-37. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2012.29927
MLA
Ahmadi, H. , and Baidollah khani, A. . "PAKISTANI TALIBAN: GENESIS CAUSES, NATURE, SECURITY CHALLENGES", POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 42, 1, 2012, 21-37. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2012.29927
HARVARD
Ahmadi, H., Baidollah khani, A. (2012). 'PAKISTANI TALIBAN: GENESIS CAUSES, NATURE, SECURITY CHALLENGES', POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 42(1), pp. 21-37. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2012.29927
CHICAGO
H. Ahmadi and A. Baidollah khani, "PAKISTANI TALIBAN: GENESIS CAUSES, NATURE, SECURITY CHALLENGES," POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 42 1 (2012): 21-37, doi: 10.22059/jpq.2012.29927
VANCOUVER
Ahmadi, H., Baidollah khani, A. PAKISTANI TALIBAN: GENESIS CAUSES, NATURE, SECURITY CHALLENGES. POLITICAL QUARTERLY, 2012; 42(1): 21-37. doi: 10.22059/jpq.2012.29927
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