Under the drones : modern lives in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands / edited by Shahzad Bashir, Robert D. Crews.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: 327 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780674065611
- Borderlands -- Afghanistan
- Borderlands -- Pakistan
- Islam and politics -- Afghanistan
- Islam and politics -- Pakistan
- Afghanistan -- Relations -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Relations -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Boundaries -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Boundaries -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- Politics and government
- Pakistan -- Politics and government
- DS357.6. A34.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph
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Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS357.6.A34.B37 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000351055 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Introduction / Shahzad Bashir and Robert D. Crews—1. Political struggles over the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderland / Amin Tarzi (p. 17)—2. The transformation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border / Gilles Dorronsoro (p. 30)—3. Religious revivalism across the Durand Line / Sana Haroon (p. 45)—4. Taliban, real and imagined / James Caron (p. 60)—5. Quandaries of the Afghan nation / Shah Mahmoud Hanifi (p. 83)—6. How tribal are the Taliban? / Thomas Ruttig (p. 102)—7. Ethnic minorities in search of political consolidation / Lutz Rzehak (p. 136)—8. Red mosque / Faisal Devji (p. 153)—9. Madrasa statistics don’t support the myth / Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and Asim Ijaz Khawaja (p. 162)—10. Will Sufi Islam save Pakistan? / Farzana Shaikh (p. 174)—11. The politics of Pashtun and Punjabi truck decoration (p. 192)—12. The Afghan Mediascape / Nushin Arbabzadah (p. 215)—13. Women and the drug trade in Afghanistan / Fariba Nawa (p. 236)—Epilogue / Shahzad Bashir and Robert D. Crews—Notes—Recommended reading—Contributors—Acknowledgments—Index.
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