Pakistani responses to AfPak policy: local narratives and an ending global war?

Author Affiliation

Syeda Beena Butool is Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi

Faculty / School

Faculty of Business Administration (FBA)

Department

Department of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Was this content written or created while at IBA?

Yes

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Asian Survey

ISSN

0004-4687

Disciplines

Geography | Political Science | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology

Abstract

The upcoming 2014 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan poses challenges not just for Afghanistan but also for neighboring local war theaters, particularly the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. The conflict inside FATA is surrounded by a two-part puzzle comprising a global narrative inflected by America and a sidelined local narrative prevalent inside FATA. This study reconstructs the local narrative of FATA's militancy and seeks to explain related U.S. foreign policy and the dilemmas it instills in the Pakistani state.

Indexing Information

HJRS - W Category, Scopus, Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)

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Published

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