Naveen Khan

Ms. Naveen Khan is a nonresident research fellow with the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA. Holding an MSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE), she specializes in Afghanistan-Pakistan security affairs and has conducted original primary research in the same region. She can be reached at [email protected].

The Making of ‘Terroristan’: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Pashtun Nationalism

Backgrounders - Jan 10, 2024

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Conventional assessments of the Pashtunwali social code and the history of the Pashtun region tend to overlook the geopolitical and colonial factors that fueled the rise of terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.