The security situation in Pakistan is complex and comprised of more than one conflict. The Pakistan Conflict Monitor summarizes news, research and analysis on the gamut of political violence occurring in the country, including:
- Pakistan-India (Kashmir)
- Baluchistan
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and North West Frontier Province (NWFP)
- Tehrik-e-Jafria Pakistan (TJP)/Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) vs Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)/Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Overview
- Conflict History: Pakistan, International Crisis Group
- The Fall of Northwestern Pakistan: An Online History, The Long War Journal
- Pakistan Backgrounder, South Asia Terrorism Portal
- Pakistan Conflicts, Uppsala Conflict Database Program
- Pakistan Conflict Assessment 2009, South Asia Terrorism Portal
- Profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Council on Foreign Relations, 2008
- The Situation in Balochistan, Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis, 2009
- The Two-Front War, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2009
Timelines
- Pakistan History, BBC News, 2009
- Pakistan Violence, AlertNet, 2009
- Pakistan Under Attack, Al Jazeera, 2009
- Political Crisis, CBC News, 2008
- Pakistan and Global War on Terror, About.com, 2008
- Instability in Pakistan, The Guardian, 2007
- Year of Chaos, Der Spiegel, 2007
Additional Information
Afghan-Pakistan Border
- Afghanistan: The Challenge of Relations with Pakistan, Canada: Library of Parliament, 2008
- The Afghan-Pakistan War, Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2009
- The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border, Council on Foreign Relations, 2009
