TABLE OF CONTENTS
Events in FATA and the NWFP: A Chronology
By Mukhtar A. Khan 1
PART I: Origins ofa Crisis: The Red Mosque Siege in Islamabad
The Road to Lal Masjid and its Aftermath By Hassan Abbas 18 Pakistan's Radical Red Mosque Returns
By Farhana Ali 24
PART II: The Pakistani Taliban: Tehrik-e-Taliban
A Who's Who of the Insurgency in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province: Part One - North and South Waziristan By Rahimullah Yusufzai 32 A Who's Who of the Insurgency in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province: Part Two- FATA Excluding North and South Waziristan By Rahimullah Yusufzai 38
Who Tried to Kill Benazir Bhutto? By Hassan Abbas 45
Pakistan's Taliban Negotiating Peace, Preparing for War By Rahimullah Yusufzai 48
Pakistan's Taliban Battle Military for Frontier Arms Bazaar and Strategie Tunnel BylmtiazAli 52
digitalisiert durch: Pakistan's troubled frontier IDS Luzern 2009 Baitullah Mehsud-The Taliban's New Leader in Pakistan By Imtiaz Ali 55
Pakistan Holds Secret Talks with Local Taliban By Sohail Abdul Nasir 58
Afghanistan and Pakistan Face Threat of Talibanization By Tarique Niazi 60
Questions Remain after Attack Wipes out Tehrik Leadership in Pakistan By Chris Zambelis 66
South Waziristan's Maulvi Nazir: The New Face of the Taliban
By Hassan Abbas 70
PART III: NATO
NATO's Khyber Lifeline By Imtiaz Ali 76 Taliban Target Karachi and Peshawar Links in NATO's Afghanistan By Andrew McGregor 81
Targeting the Khyber Pass: The Taliban's Spring Offensive By Andrew McGregor 84
NATO Strikes Taliban Militants in Pakistani Territory
By Hassan Abbas 90
PART IV: Tribal Agencies
A Profile of Militant Groups in Bajaur Tribal Agency By Mukhtar A. Khan 94 Sectarianism in Pakistan's Kurram Tribal Agency By Mariam Abou Zahab 99
Profiles of Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies By Hassan Abbas 105
Khyber Tribal Agency: A New Hub of Islamist Militancy in Pakistan By Imtiaz Ali 114
South Waziri Tribesmen Organize Counterinsurgency Lashkar By Andrew McGregor 120
Shiite-Sunni Strife Paralyzes Life in Pakistan's Kurram Tribal Agency By Imtiaz Ali 125
The Emerging Militancy in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency By Imtiaz Ali 128
Troop Defections Threaten Pakistan's Operations in Tribal Regions By Tarique Niazi 134
Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies
By Hassan Abbas 137
PART V: Pakistan's Frontier Corps
The Pakistan Frontier Corps in the War on Terrorism - Part One By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf 148 Pakistan's Frontier Corps and the War against Terrorism - Part Two By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf 156
Pakistan's Frontier Corps Struggles to Hold Forts against Taliban Attacks By Rahimullah Yusufzai 163 Transforming Pakistan's Frontier Corps By Hassan Abbas 166
PART VI: Security Forces
The Role of Tribal Lashkars in Winning Pakistan's War on Terror By Mukhtar A. Khan 174
Pakistan's Army and the War on Terrorism in the Post-Musharraf Era By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf 178
Empowering 'Soft' Taliban Over 'Hard' Taliban: Pakistan's Counter- Terrorism Strategy By Sadia Sulaiman 186
Musharraf and Pakistan's Military Try to Restore Security Amidst Rising Anti-US Sentiment By Michael Scheuer 191
PART VII: Insurgency in SWAT
From Militant to Peace Broker: A Profile of Maulana Sufi Mohammad By Imtiaz Ali 198
The Return of Shari'a Law to Pakistan's SWAT Region By Mukhtar Khan 203
Pakistan's New Government Launches Peace Initiative with Islamist Militants in Swat By Rahimullah Yusufzai 209
Pakistan's Military Offensive in Swat may be Start of Long Campaign By Imtiaz Ali 213 Revolt in Pakistan's NWFP: A Profile of Maulana Fazlullah of Swat ByAfzalKhan 216
Pakistan Loses Swat to Local Taliban By Christine Fair 219
TNSM Uses Earthquake to Advance Islamist Agenda in the NWFP BySohail Abdul Nasir 223
The Black-Turbaned Brigade: The Rise of TNSM in Pakistan
By Hassan Abbas 227
PART VIII: SECURITYISSUES IN THE NWFP
Military Operations in FATA: Eliminating Terrorism or Preventing the Balkanization of Pakistan? By Tariq Mahmud Ashraf. 234 Is the NWFP Slipping out of Pakistan's Control? By Hassan Abbas 242
Pakistan's Chitral District: A Refuge for al-Qaeda's Top Leadership? By Hassan Abbas 250
Asfandyar Wali: Profile of Pakistan's Progressive Pashtun Politician By Hassan Abbas 254
The Pakistan Connection to the United Kingdom's Jihad Network By James Brandon 261
Inside Pakistan's Madrasas ByFarhanaAli 268 Author Biographies 271
About the Editor 276
Index 277