| Title |
Counterinsurgency Dilemma : Foreign Fighter Influence on Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Somalia |
| Sub Title |
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| Author(s) |
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| Call No |
328.5 BAC |
| Subject(s) |
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| ISBN |
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| Volume |
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| Publisher Name |
Standford University Press |
| Publishing Year |
2026 |
| Edition |
1st |
| Pages |
359 |
| Price |
0.00 PKR |
| Text Language |
English |
| Available |
Yes, Accessions:[ 53046 ] |
| Description |
In the wake of the Taliban's military defeat in 2001, foreign fighters played a critical role in assisting the Taliban to launch an insurgency against Coalition forces. Ten years later, by al-Qaida's own admission, the Taliban "almost didn't need" al-Qaida's non-Afghan fighters. Over time the Taliban grew sufficiently in strength that its need for foreign fighters--and foreign fighters' influence--virtually disappeared. Somalia shows a similar pattern. Foreign fighters initially played a promine |
| Keywords |
Afghanistan-Insurgency; Somalia-Insurgency; Afghanistan-Counterinsurgency; Somalia-Counterinsurgency |