War Crimes in the Armed Conflict in Pakistan

Shah, Niaz A.

doi:10.1080/10576100903582535

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In Afghanistan, Bird and Fairweather (2009, p. 32) show that suicide bombings rarely hit their military targets, and often kill civilians instead. As Pakistan has now been drawn inexorably into the Taliban conflict, Shah (2010) stresses that an increased reliance on unmanned drone strikes has raised the risk of civilian deaths. In mid-July 2010, nearly a decade after Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and after a lull in the early-2000s level of violence, the conflict escalated after 2005 and by mid-July 2010, 1,114 U.S. military and 834 allied foreign forces had been killed and 6,773 Americans wounded (OEF, n.d.;cf.…”

Section: The Contemporary Conflict In Afghanistan and Pakistanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In 1996, Pakistan was one of only three states to recognize the Taliban as leaders of Afghanistan (others were Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates). Because of these past relationships, the Pakistani commitment to defeating Pashtun insurgents has been called into question and even now, Pakistan stands accused of continuing this support through its ISI agency, as evidenced in the Wikileaks.org files (Mazzetti et al, 2010; see also Fair andShah, 2010). Claims of Pakistan's complicity have strained the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan and President Musharraf had to deny publicly that the ISI had turned a blind eye to militant activity (Human Rights Watch, 2007, p. 22).…”

Section: The Historical Context Of Conflict In the Afghanistan-pakistmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, 2008-2009: Micro-geographies, Conflict Diffusion, and Clusters of Violence

Ο’Loughlin

Witmer

Linke

2010

Eurasian Geography and Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A team of political geographers analyzes over 5,000 violent events collected from media reports for the Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts during 2008 and 2009. The violent events are geocoded to precise locations and the authors employ an exploratory spatial data analysis approach to examine the recent dynamics of the wars. By mapping the violence and examining its temporal dimensions, the authors explain its diffusion from traditional foci along the border between the two countries. While violence is still overwhelmingly concentrated in the Pashtun regions in both countries, recent policy shifts by the American and Pakistani governments in the conduct of the war are reflected in a sizeable increase in overall violence and its geographic spread to key cities. The authors identify and map the clusters (hotspots) of conflict where the violence is significantly higher than expected and examine their shifts over the two-year period. Special attention is paid to the targeting strategy of drone missile strikes and the increase in their number and geographic extent by the Obama administration.

show abstract

Section: The Contemporary Conflict In Afghanistan and Pakistanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Historical Context Of Conflict In the Afghanistan-pakistmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, 2008-2009: Micro-geographies, Conflict Diffusion, and Clusters of Violence

Ο’Loughlin

Witmer

Linke

2010

Eurasian Geography and Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Three waves of immigrant entrepreneurship: a cross-national comparative study

Yasin

Hafeez

2022

Small Bus Econ

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“We Have Captured Your Women”: Explaining Jihadist Norm Change

Ahmad

2019

International Security

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In recent years, jihadists across the world have transformed their gendered violence, shocking the world by breaking from prior taboos and even celebrating abuses that they had previously prohibited. This behavior is surprising because jihadists represent a class of insurgents that are deeply bound by rules and norms. For jihadists, deviating from established Islamist doctrines is no easy feat. What then explains these sudden transformations in the rules and norms governing jihadist violence? An inductive investigation of contemporary jihadist violence in Pakistan and Nigeria reveals a new theory of jihadist normative evolution. Data from these cases show that dramatic changes in jihadist violence occur when an external trigger creates an expanded political space for jihadist entrepreneurs to do away with normative constraints on socially prohibited types of violence. As these jihadist leaders capitalize on the triggers, they are able to encourage a re-socialization process within their ranks, resulting in the erosion of previously held taboos, the adoption of proscribed behaviors, and the emergence of toxic new norms.

show abstract

War Crimes in the Armed Conflict in Pakistan

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, 2008-2009: Micro-geographies, Conflict Diffusion, and Clusters of Violence

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Wars, 2008-2009: Micro-geographies, Conflict Diffusion, and Clusters of Violence

Three waves of immigrant entrepreneurship: a cross-national comparative study

“We Have Captured Your Women”: Explaining Jihadist Norm Change

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About