Magazine Article - Terrorism Monitor

Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies

| September 27, 2007

"The government of President Pervez Musharraf is facing policy failure in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. Taliban forces and their sympathizers are becoming entrenched in the region and are aggressively expanding their influence and operations (especially in Tank, Dera Ismail Khan and Swat Valley in the North-West Frontier Province). A lethal combination of Musharraf's political predicament and declining public support, a significant rise in suicide attacks targeting the army and the reluctance of soldiers deputed in the area to engage tribal gangs militarily further exacerbates this impasse...."

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For Academic Citation: Abbas, Hassan. “Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies.” Terrorism Monitor, vol. V. no. 18. September 27, 2007,
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