The Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan / [Book] /
Farhan Zahid.
- Islamabad : Narratives ;, c2015.
- 261 pages : 25 cm.
This book analyzes the role of six "principal" al-Qaeda linked Islamist violent non-state actors in Pakistan. These outfits have served as parent bodies of most of the latter-day violent actors. Five of these have turned against the Pakistan, ever since it joined the American-led alliance against terrorism. Yet, all these groups are however inter-connected, with varying degree, elaborated in detail in the book. Together, they pose the singular challenge to the security of the state of Pakistan. .