PAKISTAN: Islamabad picks its enemies in FATA

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  • Rise of TTP
  • Militant influx
  • Independent Taliban
  • Mehsud radicalisation
  • Internal conflict
  • TTP formation
  • Expansion and reaction
  • Orakzai
  • Bajaur and Mohmand
  • Malakand, Swat and Buner
  • Across Pakistan
  • Security fears
  • Key characteristics
  • Leadership replacement
  • Tenuous unity
  • Pakistan strategy
  • US pressure

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