Word: tribalization
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...continue on, especially if their demands remain ignored. State-sponsored violence and oppression are bound to provoke a strong backlash, and widespread violence is the last thing that Pakistan needs right now—especially as it struggles to fight off Islamist militants in its northern province and tribal areas...
...made this undersized kid stand out in a dusty refugee camp eight years ago has a very different significance today. Dani embodies the frustrations and hopes of a generation of Kosovars eager for a way out not just from Serbia, but also from a dysfunctional tradition of top-down, tribal politics. At the age of 22, he has become the kind of man who can help Kosovo achieve the political maturity and ethnic comity it so badly needs. The question is whether he and those like him will get that chance...
...Radicalism has been on the rise for several years in Pakistan. Many members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, fleeing the U.S. assault on their bases in Afghanistan, have taken advantage of the porous border between the countries to regroup in the remote, mountainous tribal areas of Waziristan. But Swat is different. The virtual takeover by extremists of a populous, settled area so close to Islamabad marks a significant advance in local militancy. "Swat is a symbol," says a Western military official based in Islamabad. "Mullah Fazlullah's influence is spreading - it doesn't look good...
...this is not Afghanistan, of course, or even the tribal lands of the frontier provinces. The Swat valley is Pakistan's premier tourist destination, home to its only ski slope and a haven for trout fishing. But it has become increasingly embattled in the face of an anti-government campaign, over the past five months, by the charismatic radio preacher Maulana Fazlullah, known as the FM mullah, who has spawned a wave of fundamentalist militancy that has swept from the Afghan frontier through the lawless tribal areas of Waziristan and into the settled areas far from the border. The government...
...there. Says one official involved in the interagency discussions: "At the end of the day, how do we get maximum cooperation with the Pakistani government in light of the fact that the most recent National Intelligence Estimate says al-Qaeda is trying to reestablish its headquarters in the tribal areas...