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- Draws on the conversations and extensive fieldwork collected over 8 years by an ex-journalist
- Offers a critical examination of the “forgotten” war in Afghanistan and Pakistan which is ongoing
- Includes interviews with civilian victims of war, Afghan and Pakistani officials, human-rights activists and members of the insurgency
- Speaks to those interested in criminology and victims, law and human rights, and political science
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology (PSVV)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The U.S. Military, the Afghan Security Forces, and Afghan Paramilitary Groups
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The Pakistani Security Forces
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The Afghan Taliban
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides a critical analysis of how the “war on terror” affected the civilian population in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This “forgotten war,” which started in 2001 with the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, has seen more than 212,000 people killed in war-related incidents. Whilst most of the news media shifted their attention to other conflict zones, this war rages on. Badalič has amassed a vast amount of data on the civilian victims of war from both sides of the Durand line, the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He conducted interviews in Peshawar, Quetta, Islamabad, Kabul, Jalalabad, and many other cities and villages from 2008 to 2017. His data is mostly drawn from those extensive conversations held with civilian victims of war, Afghan and Pakistani officials, human-rights activists and members of the insurgency.
The book is divided into three parts. The first examines the impact the US-led coalition, Afghan security forces and paramilitary groups had on civilians, with methods of combat such as drone strikes and kill-or-capture missions. The second part focuses on civilian victims of abuses of power by Pakistani security forces, including arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances. In the final part, Badalič explores the impact of unlawful practices used by the armed insurgency – the Afghan Taliban. Overall, the book seeks to tell the story of the civilian victims of the “War on Terror".
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vasja Badalič
About the author
Vasja Badalič is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia. His primary fields of research are contemporary imperialism and migration. He has published many peer-reviewed articles in academic journals and monographs, including in Drones & Unmanned Aerial Systems (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The War Against Civilians
Book Subtitle: Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Authors: Vasja Badalič
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12406-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12405-2Published: 27 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12408-3Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12406-9Published: 16 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-9355
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9363
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 280
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Victimology, War Crimes, Human Rights and Crime, Crime Control and Security, Terrorism and Political Violence