Book Review: The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries

Authors

Thomas F. Lynch III

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Description

Authors: Amira Jadoon with Andrew Mines

Reviewed by Thomas F. Lynch III, PhD, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Dr. Thomas F. Lynch III offers his expertise in a thoughtful review of this "essential primer" on the Islamic-State Khorasan Province (ISK). While finding the book's idea that the ISK is currently a "latent, global terrorist threat" to be "less persuasive," Lynch highlights the value of author Amira Jadoon's unique ability "to write with an appropriate level of depth about the complexity of tribal groups, subgroups, fragments, and splinters" and notes that "There is no other published work today with such a high level of insight into this enduring regional terrorist group."

Publication Date

2-22-2024

Keywords

ISK, Salafi, Taliban, national security, counterterrorism

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Recommended Citation

Thomas F. Lynch III, Book Review: The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries ( US Army War College Press, 2024),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/37