Last updated: 14 February 2011

The following resources provide information, data, and analysis on militant groups in Pakistan:

• Abbas, Hassan. "." Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel 2, no. 4 (1 April 2009).

• ———. "." Combating Terrorism Center Sentinel 1, no. 2 (1 January 2008).

• Afridi, Jamal. Kashmir Militant Extremists. New York, NY: Council on Foreign Relations, 9 July 2009.

• Bajoria, Jayshree. Backgrounder: Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure) (AKA: Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba; Lashkar-i-Taiba). New York, NY: Council on Foreign Relations, 14 January 2010.

• ———. Pakistan's New Generation of Terrorists. New York, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 7 October 2010.

• BBC News. "Pakistan Militant Islamic Groups." BBC News, 7 October 2003.

• Center for Defense Information. "List of Known Terrorist Organizations." CDI. (accessed 11 January 2011).

• Coll, Steve, Peter Tomsen, Munir Akram, Asad Lt Gen Durrani, and Barnett Rubin. "The Taliban-Pakistan Alliance." Frontline; Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 3 October 2006.

• Dorronsoro, Gilles. Who are the Taliban?. Washington D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 22 October 2009.

• Dressler, Jeffrey. . Washington D.C.: Institute for the Study of War, 28 June 2010.

• Fair, Christine C. Antecedents and Implications of the November 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Attack upon several Targets in the Indian Mega-City of Mumbai. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 11 March 2009.

• Franco, Claudio. . New York, NY: The Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation (The NEFA Foundation), 1 July 2009.

• GlobalSecurity.org. Al-Badhr Mujahedin. Alexandria, VA: GlobalSecurity.org, 2005.

• ———. Al-Qaeda. Alexandria, VA: GlobalSecurity.org, 22 July 2004.

• Honawar, Rohit. . New Delhi, India: Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), 1 November 2005.

• Hoodbhoy, Pervez. "Pakistan: The Road from Hell." OpenDemocracy (9 June 2009).

• Raman, B. The Punjabi Taliban. Noida, India: International Terrorism Monitor; South Asia Analysis Group, 12 October 2009.

• Rassler, Don. "." Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel 2, no. 6 (1 June 2009).

• Roggio, Bill. "The Afghan Taliban's Top Leaders." The Long War Journal, 23 February 2010.

• ———. "The Pakistani Taliban Org Chart." The Long War Journal, 9 January 2007.

• ———. "The Pakistani Taliban Top Leaders." The Long War Journal, 17 May 2010.

• Roul, Animesh. "Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba Chooses between Kashmir and the Global Jihad." Global Terrorism Analysis; the Jamestown Foundation 6, no. 3 (28 January 2009).

• Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. "Pakistan Non-State Actors." RULAC; ADH Geneve. (accessed 11 January 2011).

• South Asia Terrorism Portal and Institute for Conflict Management. "Pakistan Terrorist Groups: Terrorist Outfits: An Overview." SATP; ICM. (accessed 11 January 2011).

• Stenersen, Anne. Al-Qaeda's Allies: Explaining the Relationship between Al-Qaeda and various Factions of the Taliban After 2001. Sacramento, CA: New America Foundation, 19 April 2010.

• Sude, Barbara. Al-Qaeda Central: An Assessment of the Threat Posed by the Terrorist Group Headquartered on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. Sacramento, CA: New America Foundation, 25 February 2010.

• The Economist. "." Economist, 27 August 2009, sec. World Politics.

• The National Security Archive. The Taliban Biography: The Structure and Leadership of the Taliban 1996-2002. Washington D.C.: NSA, 13 November 2009, http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB295/index.htm.

• Vaughn, Bruce, Emma Chanlett-Avery, Ben Dolven, Mark E. Manyin, Michael F. Martin, and Larry A. Niksch. . Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 16 October 2009.

• Wadhams, Caroline and Colin Cookman. Faces of Pakistan's Militant Leaders: In Depth Profiles of Major Militant Commanders. Washington D.C.: Center for American Progress, 22 July 2009.

• ———. Interactive Map: Leaders of Pakistan's Militant Groups. Faces of Pakistan's Militant Leaders: In Depth Profiles of Major Militant Commanders. Washington D.C.: Center for American Progress, 22 July 2009.

Public Opinion

The following resources provide information, data, and analysis on public opinion related to militant groups in Pakistan:

• Fair, Christine, Clay Ramsay, and Steve Kull. "." (February 2008).

• Kohut, Andrew. . Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, 13 August 2009.

• Kull, Steven, Clay Ransay, Stephen Weber, Evan Lewis, and Ebrahim Mohseni. . Maryland, Baltimore: World Public Opinion, 25 February 2009.

• New America Foundation, Terror Free Tomorrow. . Washington, DC: New America Foundation, Terror Free Tomorrow, September 2010.

• ———. Taliban Increasingly Unpopular in Pakistan: Four Percent Say Taliban's Presence is Positive Influence. Washington, DC: GALLUP, 12 March 2010.

• Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion, New America Foundation. "." (June 2008).

• Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies. . Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies, 6 June 2010.

• Ramsay, Clay, Steven Kull, Stephen Weber, and Evan Lewis. . Maryland, Balimore: World Public Opinion, The Program on International Policy Attitudes, The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, 2009.