Links to recent articles on Pakistan and the North West Frontier Province:
From the New York Review of Books, February 12, 2008:
In less than eight months, Asif Ali Zardari's new government has effectively lost control of much of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) to the Taliban's Pakistani counterparts, a loose confederation of nationalists, Islamists, and angry Pashtun tribesmen, by William Dalrymple.
From The Sunday Times, June 2008:
A review of Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism Is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
From the Wilson Quarterly, June 2008:
Despite the US pouring billions of dollars of aid into Pakistan little has been done to address the underlying fault lines in the Pakistani state or society.
From The New York Times Magazine, September 2008:The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border; this is where the war on terror will be fought — and possibly lost.
From Strategic Comments, December 2008:
Threefold crisis rocks Pakistan’s foundations Pakistan on the brink.
From Foreign Affairs, November/December 2008:
From Great Game to Grand Bargain: Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid
From great game to grand bargain.
From The New York Times Magazine, January 2009:
Obama’s worst Pakistan nightmare: The biggest fear is not jihadists taking control of the border regions; it’s what happens if the country’s nuclear arsenal falls into the wrong hands
From Prospect magazine February 2008:
How real is the danger that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of militants?
From The Economist October 2, 2008:
Getting Pakistan’s spies to stop dabbling in jihad
Other useful sites:
International Crisis Group
Relief Web (humanitarian relief news from Pakistan)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
The Herald (monthly Pakistani news magazine)
Newsline (monthly Pakistan news magazine)
Dawn (Pakistani daily)
The News (Pakistani daily)
Daily Times (Pakistani daily)
Official Pakistan government website on the Federally Administered Tribal Area
This contains substantial background material including:
FATA Sustainable Development Plan 2006-15 (Pakistan Government)
Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific AFAP's mission is to work towards a just world through community partnerships.
