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IMPLICATIONS OF DRONE STRIKES ON PAKISTAN DURING USA WAR ON TERROR AN ANALYSIS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2023(VIII-I).02      10.31703/gsssr.2023(VIII-I).02      Published : Mar 2023

Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis

Abstract

    USA strategists dwelled strategy of drone strikes to kill terrorists in War on Terror. The effectiveness of drone strikes remained debatable both in defense and academic circles. Some have of the opinion that it paid a lot for USA with minimum collateral damage and it helped US forces in locating and targeting terrorists. While some found this strategy ineffective to achieve any noticeable goals Pakistan was effected with this counterterrorism strategy of USA forces. This work is aimed at digging out that how this strategy of tracing and targeting terrorists with drone attacks resulted in severe short as well as long term implications for Pakistan. Data for this work has been collected from different available sources like research articles, books and reports of government agencies. Qualitative data analysis technique has been used for accumulated data to understand the phenomenon in better way.

    Implications, Counterterrorism, Extremism, Administration, Strategy

    (1) Imran Wakil
    Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Mustafa
    Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Afraz Ansar Khan
    M.Phil. Political Science, Department of Political Science, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Wakil, I., Mustafa, G., & Khan, M. A. A. (2023). Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII(I), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2023(VIII-I).02

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    CHICAGO : Wakil, Imran, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Afraz Ansar Khan. 2023. "Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII (I): 15-21 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2023(VIII-I).02

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    HARVARD : WAKIL, I., MUSTAFA, G. & KHAN, M. A. A. 2023. Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII, 15-21.

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    MHRA : Wakil, Imran, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Afraz Ansar Khan. 2023. "Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII: 15-21

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    MLA : Wakil, Imran, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Afraz Ansar Khan. "Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII.I (2023): 15-21 Print.

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    OXFORD : Wakil, Imran, Mustafa, Ghulam, and Khan, Muhammad Afraz Ansar (2023), "Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VIII (I), 15-21

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    TURABIAN : Wakil, Imran, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Afraz Ansar Khan. "Implications of Drone Strikes on Pakistan during USA War on Terror: An Analysis." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2023(VIII-I).02