THE LAWLESS FRONTIER.

MILITARY government; MUSHARRAF, Pervez, 1943-2023; TALIBAN; LEADERSHIP; POVERTY; VIOLENCE; ISLAMIC fundamentalists; IGNORANCE (Theory of knowledge)

PAKISTANReport Available; AFGHANISTANReport Available

The article reports on Pakistan, focusing on the lawless tribal regions which border Afghanistan, the ungovernability of the country and the violence, ignorance and poverty which plague it. General Pervez Musharraf, coup leader and head of the military government, is discussed. Conflict between the various tribes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is described, and the emergence of the Taliban movement discussed.