Stalingrad in the Hindu Kush? AFPAK, crucibles and chains of terror
Stalingrad in the Hindu Kush? AFPAK, crucibles and chains of terror
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兴都库什山脉的斯大林格勒？
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2011
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J. Sidaway
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Robina Mohammad;J. Sidaway
我们写这篇文章是在巴基斯坦一座城市发生另一起炸弹袭击事件之后（2009 年 8 月）。这次是拉合尔，今年该城市市中心已经发生了三起袭击事件。这标志着冲突不再局限于巴基斯坦联邦直辖部落地区（FATA）的偏远地区，而是正在向北蔓延，进入巴基斯坦的中心地带。这些袭击是塔利班为了报复斯瓦特河谷（西北边境省）的军事进攻而发动的。许多普通巴基斯坦人和国家机器都将叛乱视为对该国稳定和发展轨迹的重大威胁（Mohammad 2008）。与塔利班的预期相反，它现在正在为政府的行动赢得相当多的民众支持。
We write in the aftermath of another bomb attack in a Pakistani city (August 2009). This time it is Lahore, where this year there have already been three attacks striking at the heart of the city. This signals a conflict that is no longer restricted to the distant, remote regions of Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) but is spreading northwards and into Pakistan’s heartlands. The attacks were carried out by the Taliban in retaliation for the military offensive in the Swat Valley (in the North-West Frontier Province). The insurgency is viewed by many ordinary Pakistanis as well as the state machinery as a major threat to the country’s stability and trajectory (Mohammad 2008). Contrary to the Taliban’s expectations, it is now fuelling considerable popular support for the government’s actions.