http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-III).04
10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-III).04
Published : Sep 2021
The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan
Peace and stability are the utmost need for protecting the South Asian region from the ripple effects of the ongoing crisis situation in Afghanistan. The Taliban's rise to power in Kabul has engendered a difficult choice-the hard path of peace or reversion to civil war. The latter has deep repercussions for the entire world, particularly Pakistan. It is because of the fact that wars in Afghanistan have twisting but contrasting impacts on the societal level of both states simultaneously. The Taliban's rise in Kabul has uptick the non-conventional security threats for Pakistan including its border security. The recent momentum in the attack of TTP and militant groups on security forces in Pakistan is a testimony tothis fact. TTP leaders and different other non-state actors inspired by either TPP's ideology or encouraged and funded by India have received impetus from the 'blitzkrieg' of Taliban in Kabul.
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Militant Groups, Pakistan, Taliban, Afghanistan
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(1) Noor Saeed Khan
Lecturer Peace and Conflict Studies Department National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
(2) Noor ul Ain Naseem
Visiting Lecturer Peace and Conflict Studies Department National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
(3) Muhammad Usman Ullah
Mphil Schalor Islamic International University Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, N. S., Naseem, N. u. A., & Ullah, M. U. (2021). The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI(III), 27-36. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-III).04
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CHICAGO : Khan, Noor Saeed, Noor ul Ain Naseem, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. 2021. "The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (III): 27-36 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-III).04
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HARVARD : KHAN, N. S., NASEEM, N. U. A. & ULLAH, M. U. 2021. The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI, 27-36.
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MHRA : Khan, Noor Saeed, Noor ul Ain Naseem, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. 2021. "The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI: 27-36
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MLA : Khan, Noor Saeed, Noor ul Ain Naseem, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. "The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI.III (2021): 27-36 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Noor Saeed, Naseem, Noor ul Ain, and Ullah, Muhammad Usman (2021), "The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VI (III), 27-36
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TURABIAN : Khan, Noor Saeed, Noor ul Ain Naseem, and Muhammad Usman Ullah. "The Resurgence of Militant Groups in Pakistan After Taliban Invasion of Afghanistan." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VI, no. III (2021): 27-36. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2021(VI-III).04