Making of Pakistani Human Bombs

Based on interviews with failed suicide bombers, officials of Pakistani law enforcement agencies involved in interrogating high-profile self-immolation attacks, and content analysis of Jihadi publications produced in local languages, this book offers the first empirically grounded analysis of suicide terrorism in Pakistan.

Khuram Iqbal is assistant professor of counter-terrorism at the National Defense University, Pakistan.

Acknowledgements Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: History of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan Chapter 2: Research Problems and Methodology Chapter 3: Militant Landscape of Pakistan: The Environmental Level Chapter 4: Driving Forces of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: The Organisational Level Chapter 5: Motivating Factors of Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: Individual Level Chapter 6: Suicide Terrorism in Pakistan: A Multi-Causal Phenomenon Chapter 7: Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Appendix 1: Chronology of Suicide Attacks in Pakistan (1995-2012) Appendix 2: Profiling Suicide Bombers in Pakistan