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The Islamic State in Khorasan : Afghanistan, Pakistan and the new Central Asian jihad / Antonio Giustozzi.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Hurst & Company, ©2018.Description: xx, 292 pages : maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781849049641
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6431. G588 2018
Contents:
Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Groups and Individuals; Introduction; 1. How it All Began; 2. Aims and Strategy; 3. Efforts to 'Synchronise' IS-K with IS-Central; 4. Hybrid: IS-K Structure Between Centralisation and Centrifugal Tendencies; 5. Drivers of Support for IS-K; 6. The Expansion of IS-K; 7. The Funding of IS-K; 8. Shaking Up the World of Khorasan's Jihadism; 9. The Dead End of Salafism and IS-K Adaptation; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The New Layha of Tehrik-e-Khalifat.; Appendix 2: Organisational Diagram of IS-K, Early 2016Appendix 3: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2011, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Appendix 4: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2017, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Notes; Index.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University HV6431.G588 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000539006
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Abstract: Analyzes how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Groups and Individuals; Introduction; 1. How it All Began; 2. Aims and Strategy; 3. Efforts to 'Synchronise' IS-K with IS-Central; 4. Hybrid: IS-K Structure Between Centralisation and Centrifugal Tendencies; 5. Drivers of Support for IS-K; 6. The Expansion of IS-K; 7. The Funding of IS-K; 8. Shaking Up the World of Khorasan's Jihadism; 9. The Dead End of Salafism and IS-K Adaptation; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The New Layha of Tehrik-e-Khalifat.; Appendix 2: Organisational Diagram of IS-K, Early 2016Appendix 3: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2011, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Appendix 4: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2017, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Notes; Index.

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