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Article: The East & South - Pakistan & China.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map
- Article date:
- October 8, 2001
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The impact of Talibanisation is clearest in Pakistan. However, the "Taliban" ideology was initially created in the madrassas of Pakistan and then exported to Afghanistan. In that sense, the Talibanisation of Pakistan (i.e. mainly its provinces bordering Afghanistan) in the ideological sense occurred before that of Afghanistan. What is now happening is that the practical day-to-day realities of Talibanisation - in terms of implementation of Islamic strictures - are increasingly being demanded by the radical Islamists in Pakistan as well. And calls for its implementation are being spread rapidly because the Taliban, comprising mainly Pashtuns, have their ethnic ...