Pakistan, Regional Security and Conflict Resolution: The Pashtun 'Tribal' Areas

This book explains how colonial legacies and the postcolonial state of Pakistan negatively influenced the socio-political and cultural dynamics and the security situation in Pakistan’s Pashtun ‘tribal’ areas, formerly known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It offers a local perspective on peace and conflict resolution in Pakistan’s Pashtun ‘tribal’ region.

Discussing the history and background of the former-FATA region, the role of Pashtun conflict resolution mechanism of J...