Taliban and the Spread of Talibanistic Politics in Afghanistan–Pakistan
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Abstract
This chapter explains the ideological and material causes of the rise of the Taliban in the Afghanistan–Pakistan region. Offered also in this chapter is a discussion of the sociopolitical dimensions of the creation of the kind of human consciousness that underwrites the Talibanistic worldview. Furthermore, this chapter provides an in-depth study of the causes and consequences of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in and around Pakistan.
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