Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan and Pakistan; 3 Pakistan's slide towards Talibanisation; 4 Resurgence of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan: Implications for regional security; 5 Roads to perdition?: The politics and practice of Islamist terrorism in India; 6 Islamist extremism in Kashmir; 7 Communal peace in India: Lessons from multicultural Banaras; 8 Islamic extremism and the terror network in Bangladesh; 9 Religious radicalism in Bangladesh: Security challenges to India
Summary
This book provides local perspectives on religion, security, history, geopolitics and geostrategy in South Asia and Central Asia in an integrated manner. Presenting a holistic and updated view of the developments inside and across South and Central Asia, it offers coherent and concise analyses by experts on the region