{"product_id":"the-pashtuns-a-contested-history-by-tilak-devasher-original","title":"The Pashtuns: A Contested History by Tilak Devasher (Original)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book A Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47230119411889,"sku":"Import Category","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/6353\/0929\/products\/1_732b0bc2-b5c3-4157-a8a7-d03779a0435b.png?v=1668332571","url":"https:\/\/bookabook.pk\/products\/the-pashtuns-a-contested-history-by-tilak-devasher-original","provider":"Book A Book Pakistan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}