{"product_id":"the-pashtuns-a-contested-history","title":"The Pashtuns: A Contested History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremium Quality\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Card cover \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pashtuns are perhaps the largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. They inhabit a continuous stretch of land from the Hindu Kush to the Indus, across Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan used the Pashtun-dominated areas in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as a launching pad against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and later during the US-led War on Terror. In the process FATA was kept in a constitutional and informational black hole. The discontent finally burst in 2018 when the extra-judicial killing of a Pashtun youth led to widespread protests. This book by veteran analyst Tilak Devasher fulfils a gap in the geopolitical understanding of South Asia, given the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the shifting power equations in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thebooksplatform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52527166619929,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/4813\/8265\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_1c8f3807-6c86-4dc8-9252-ced91ca43fec.png?v=1781369339","url":"https:\/\/thebooksplatform.com\/products\/the-pashtuns-a-contested-history","provider":"Thebooksplatform","version":"1.0","type":"link"}