The Talibanisation of society in Pakistan

Authors
Publication date 2012
Journal Economic & Political Weekly
Volume | Issue number 47 | 34
Pages (from-to) 12-15
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract Abandoned by their government, the poor of Pakistan have turned to the Taliban and other fundamentalist groups for support and solace. At the same time, a growing pressure for emancipation presses against fundamentalism. Which force will triumph? A report based on travel in rural Sindh.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2012_47/34/The_Talibanisation_of_Society_in_Pakistan.pdf
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