The Pakistani Taliban
After the Pakistani army's defeat of the Taliban in tribal areas, Owen Bennett-Jones asks if it is gaining new strength in heartlands like the Punjab.
The Pakistani army has quashed the Taliban in tribal areas such as Swat by the use of military force. But has the problem of militancy been resolved? And how serious is the threat from Islamist insurgents in the heartlands of Pakistan, particularly the Punjab?
Owen Bennett-Jones investigates the appeal of these movements to young Pakistanis. How much are they about fundamentalist Islam? And how much are they a reaction to grievances about land, jobs and poverty?
Owen travels across the country, meeting both feudal landowners and the young Punjabis who are attracted by the lure of militancy.
Presenter: Owen Bennett-Jones
Producer: Shelley Thakral.
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- Thu 13 May 201011:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 13 May 201012:32BBC World Service Online
- Thu 13 May 201016:32BBC World Service Online
- Fri 14 May 201000:32BBC World Service Online
- Fri 14 May 201004:32BBC World Service Online
- Mon 17 May 201020:30BBC Radio 4
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