Mr. Husain Haqqani, Ashley J. Tellis
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The Ideologies of South Asian Jihadi Groups
An examination of the anti-Soviet Jihad in Afghanistan and the emergence of jihadi groups in Pakistan and Kashmir used by Pakistan to bolster is national identity against India.
Source: Current Trends in Islamist Ideology
In the first volume of Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, published by the Hudson Institue, Carnegie Visiting Scholar Husain Haqqani writes about Jihadis groups in South Asia. He covers the anti-Soviet Jihad in Afghanistan and the emergence of jihadi groups in Pakistan and Kashmir used by Pakistan to bolster is national identity against India.
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About the Author
Former Visiting Scholar
- India and Pakistan: Is Peace Real This Time?: A Conversation between Husain Haqqani and Ashley J. TellisReport
- America's New Alliance with Pakistan: Avoiding the Traps of the PastOther
Mr. Husain Haqqani
Recent Work
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