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The war against civilians : victims of the "War on Terror" in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Vasja Badalič

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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....

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Badalič, Vasja (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Series:Palgrave studies in victims and victimology.
Subjects:
Civilian war casualties > Afghanistan.
Civilian war casualties > Pakistan.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Casualties.
Battle casualties.
Civilian war casualties.
Afghanistan.
Pakistan.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : Creating a reign of terror.
  • Part I: The U.S. military, the Afghan security forces, and Afghan paramilitary groups: 2. Inherently imprecise killings : civilian victims in U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  • 3. Death comes at night : civilian victims in U.S. kill-or-capture missions in Afghanistan
  • 4. The war on due process : civilian victims of the U.S. arbitrary detention program in Afghanistan
  • 5. Systemic torture, the new normal : civilian victims of "enhanced interrogation techniques" in Afghan detention facilities
  • 6. In militias we trust : civilian victims of targeted killings by pro-government armed groups in Afghanistan.
  • Part II: The Pakistani security forces: 7. The "white detainees" : civilian victims of arbitrary detentions in Pakistan
  • 8. The "disappeared" : civilian victims of enforced disappearances in Pakistan
  • 9. Death sentences on Twitter : civilian victims of secret military courts in Pakistan
  • 10. The reserve exodus : the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
  • Part III: The Afghan Taliban: 11. Eliminating "pernicious individuals" : civilian victims of the Afghan Taliban's targeted killing program
  • 12. Executions, amputations, and lashings : civilian victims of the Afghan Taliban's parallel justice system
  • 13. Taking "civilian criminals" as hostages : civilian victims of abductions by the Afghan Taliban.

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