Publication details
N. Elahi (2019): Terrorism in Pakistan: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Challenge to Security. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109, pp. 422-424.
ReviewAuthor(s): Gugler, Thomas
Year of publication: 2019
Abstract: Elahi’s study on Islamist terrorism in Pakistan focuses on the period since the year 2001 and in particular on the Taḥrīk-e Ṭālibān Pākistān (TTP) rebellion. Anatol Lieven authored the book’s foreword (pp. xii-xiv). In the introduction (pp. 1-9) Elahi links the rise of Islamist extremism and sectarian violence in Pakistan to state-sponsored jihadi activities to counter the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as well as to Pakistan’s failure to formulate a national counter-terrorism strategy.
Keywords: jihad, Islamism, Taliban, TTP, Musharraf, SSP, Sipah-e Muhammad
Subject(s): history
