Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan and Pakistan / Frederic Grare -- Pakistan's slide towards Talibanisation / Sushant Sareen -- Resurgence of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan : implications for regional security / Deepali Gaur Singh -- Roads to perdition : the politics and practice of Islamist terrorism in India / Praveen Swami -- Islamist extremism in Kashmir / K. Warikoo -- Communal peace in India : lessons from multicultural Banaras / Priyankar Upadhyaya -- Islamist extremism and terror network in Bangladesh / Smruti S. Pattanaik -- Religious radicalism in Bangladesh : security challenges to India / C.A. Josukutty -- Hizb ut-Tahrir : the destabilising force in central Asia / Mahesh R. Debata -- Islamic radicalism in central Asia / Murat Laumulin -- Islam in contemporary Tajikistan : role of Muslim leaders / Muzaffar Olimov -- Ethnic-religious separatism in Xinjiang : challenge to China's security / K. Warikoo.