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Explains the Taliban resurgence in Pakistan and Afghanistan since 2003.

"This report documents the results of a study, not about the Pashtun people, but about beliefs about the Pashtun people. The purpose of this study was to identify the range of perceptions or misperceptions of Pashtun communities among policymakers, experts, and other opinion leaders, including some who have a degree of influence over policy and strategy decisions in the Pashtun belt of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a sense, it was an effort to catalog Pashtun 'stereotypes'-- standardized schemes of thought about Pashtuns--and determine the degree to which those stereotypes are held by English speakers with influence over both public opinion and the policies that affect or are affected by Pashtuns"--P. 1

Aus der Perspektive eines mit der UdSSR verbündeten Staates analysieren und interpretieren die Autoren die innerafghanischen Ereignisse im Umfeld der April-Revolution von 1978 und der sowjetischen Invasion von 1979, um deren Auswirkung auf die afghanisch-pakistanischen Beziehungen zu beleuchten. Die Autoren zeichnen sowohl die Entwicklung der in der ersten Hälfte der 80er Jahre zu beobachtenden bilateralen Spannungen und Konflikte als auch die bi- und multilateralen Bemühungen um Spannungsabbau nach. (BIOST-Hml)