Farooq Yousaf received his PhD from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also an assistant editor of the journal South Asia Research.

• INTRODUCTION 1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PASHTUNS 2. PAKISTAN’S POSTCOLONIAL DILEMMA 3. PAKISTAN’S PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FATA) 4. JIRGA AND LASHKAR IN PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS 5. FORMAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 6. TRADITIONAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 7. PASHTUN TAHAFUZ MOVEMENT (PTM) AND THE FUTURE OF ERSTWHILE FATA CONCLUSION

"This easy-to-read, well-structured book discusses a very sensitive issue. It details the story of FATA in Pakistan’s history, focussing especially on the last 20 years after the Taliban and its fellow ideological travellers were chased out of Kabul and fled across the border into Pakistan to find refuge in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. This is also a timely book given the recent peace deal that was signed between the US and the Taliban, which is meant to be the first step towards a political solution in Afghanistan. If and when it happens, peace in Afghanistan would have significant positive consequences for the people of the tribal areas in Pakistan, given Pakistan has played an important role in getting the US and the Taliban to the negotiation table."Dr Claude Rakisits, Australian Institute of International Affairs

Farooq Yousaf received his PhD from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also an assistant editor of the journal South Asia Research.

• INTRODUCTION 1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PASHTUNS 2. PAKISTAN’S POSTCOLONIAL DILEMMA 3. PAKISTAN’S PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FATA) 4. JIRGA AND LASHKAR IN PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS 5. FORMAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 6. TRADITIONAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 7. PASHTUN TAHAFUZ MOVEMENT (PTM) AND THE FUTURE OF ERSTWHILE FATA CONCLUSION

"This easy-to-read, well-structured book discusses a very sensitive issue. It details the story of FATA in Pakistan’s history, focussing especially on the last 20 years after the Taliban and its fellow ideological travellers were chased out of Kabul and fled across the border into Pakistan to find refuge in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. This is also a timely book given the recent peace deal that was signed between the US and the Taliban, which is meant to be the first step towards a political solution in Afghanistan. If and when it happens, peace in Afghanistan would have significant positive consequences for the people of the tribal areas in Pakistan, given Pakistan has played an important role in getting the US and the Taliban to the negotiation table."Dr Claude Rakisits, Australian Institute of International Affairs

Farooq Yousaf received his PhD from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also an assistant editor of the journal South Asia Research.

• INTRODUCTION 1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PASHTUNS 2. PAKISTAN’S POSTCOLONIAL DILEMMA 3. PAKISTAN’S PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS (FORMERLY KNOWN AS FATA) 4. JIRGA AND LASHKAR IN PASHTUN ‘TRIBAL’ AREAS 5. FORMAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 6. TRADITIONAL EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN ERSTWHILE FATA 7. PASHTUN TAHAFUZ MOVEMENT (PTM) AND THE FUTURE OF ERSTWHILE FATA CONCLUSION

"This easy-to-read, well-structured book discusses a very sensitive issue. It details the story of FATA in Pakistan’s history, focussing especially on the last 20 years after the Taliban and its fellow ideological travellers were chased out of Kabul and fled across the border into Pakistan to find refuge in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. This is also a timely book given the recent peace deal that was signed between the US and the Taliban, which is meant to be the first step towards a political solution in Afghanistan. If and when it happens, peace in Afghanistan would have significant positive consequences for the people of the tribal areas in Pakistan, given Pakistan has played an important role in getting the US and the Taliban to the negotiation table."Dr Claude Rakisits, Australian Institute of International Affairs