Decline of insurgency in Pakistan's FATA : a counterinsurgency perspectives/ Shahzad Ahthar
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Asian Survey: Vol.59 No.3, July/August 2019, pp.693-716 (12)Summary: This paper argues that Pakistan's counterinsurgency campaign after 2009 caused the decline of the Taliban insurgency by targeting the TTP through a true counterinsurgency operation. Pakistani military elites had a clear understanding that the military forces lacked counterinsurgency skills which explained their poor and inefficient performance.
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| Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | PAKISTAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 63809.1 |
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This paper argues that Pakistan's counterinsurgency campaign after 2009 caused the decline of the Taliban insurgency by targeting the TTP through a true counterinsurgency operation. Pakistani military elites had a clear understanding that the military forces lacked counterinsurgency skills which explained their poor and inefficient performance.
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