Afghanistan and Pakistan by Riaz Mohammad Khan

Afghanistan and Pakistan by Riaz Mohammad Khan

This timely study surveys the conflict in Afghanistan from Pakistan's point of view and analyzes the roots of Pakistan's ambiguous policy-supporting the United States on one hand and showing empathy for the Afghan Taliban on the other. The author, a former foreign secretary of Pakistan, considers a broad range of events and interweaves his own experiences and perspectives into the larger narrative of the Afghanistan-Pakistan relationship. Beginning with the 1989 departure of Soviet troops-and especially since the 2001 NATO invasion-Riaz Mohammad Khan examines the development of Afghanistan and surveys the interests of external powers both there and in Pakistan. He discusses the rise of extremism and religious militancy in Pakistan and its links with ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan. Ultimately, Khan argues, Pakistan reveals a deep confusion in its public discourse on issues of modernity and the challenges the country faces, an intellectual crisis that Pakistan must address to secure the country's survival, progress, and constructive role in the region.

In the entire subcontinent, nothing like this work has been written or "even attempted", matching the breadth of its sweep and the depth of its analyses-- A.G. Noorani Frontline

Riaz Mohammad Khan served as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary (2005-8) and the country's ambassador to China (2002-5), the European Union and Belgium (1995-98), and Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (1992-95). He is author of Untying the Afghan Knot: Negotiating Soviet Withdrawal and was the Woodrow Wilson Center's Pakistan Scholar in 2009.

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ISBN 13	9781421403847
ISBN 10	1421403846
Title	Afghanistan and Pakistan
Author	Riaz Mohammad Khan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2011-10-14
Number of pages	400
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