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- Title
Peeling the Waziristan Onion: Central Asians in Armed Islamist Movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Authors
Sinnott, Peter
- Abstract
The specter of a force of close to five thousand Uzbek Islamic militants throughout the Tribal Areas of North and South Waziristan was presented to a Pakistan senate committee in September 2009 by Senator Muhammad Ibrahim Khan. The history and motivation of the Central Asian forces that have been in Waziristan since their retreat from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and the fighting at Tora Bora in December 2001 warrants scrutiny. This force to a large degree represents not only the transformation of those who left Uzbekistan and other Muslim regions of the Soviet Union initially for religious reasons into armed militants, but also the transformation of a small number of them into suicide bombers and terrorists clearly aligned with the ideology and goals of Al-Qaida.
- Subjects
WAZIRISTAN (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; AFGHANISTAN; ISLAM; TERRORISM; RELIGIOUS militants; KHAN, Muhammad Ibrahim; SUICIDE bombers; QAIDA (Organization)
- Publication
China & Eurasia Forum Quarterly, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 4, p33
- ISSN
1653-4212
- Publication type
Article