The Taliban beyond the Pashtuns / Antonio Giustozzi.
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TextSeries: ; (The Afghanistan papers ; no. 5)Publication details: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), 2010.Description: 15 p. ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - Pamphlet DS 371.4 .G58 2010/ + /PDF/(675KB)
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Cover title.
“July 2010”.
“Includes bibliography”—(p. 14).
“The Centre for International Governance Innovation”—at head of title.
Summary: “Although the Taliban remain a largely Pashtun movement in terms of their composition, they have started making significant inroads among other ethnic groups. In many cases, the Taliban have co-opted, in addition to bandits, disgruntled militia commanders previously linked to other organizations, and the relationship between them is far from solid. There is also, however, emerging evidence of grassroots recruitment of small groups of ideologically committed Uzbek, Turkmen and Tajik Taliban. While even in northern Afghanistan the bulk of the insurgency is still Pashtun, the emerging trend should not be underestimated”—(p. 2).