Please take a look at this sensible article, "Comparing Pakistan's Islamists to India's Maoists" at FaithWorld, where Faisal Devji at Guardian is quoted :
"Both the Islamists and the Maoists have aimed to take control of parts of the country, using violence to keep out the writ of state. In this respect, argued Faisal Devji in an article in Britain's left-leaning Guardian newspaper, insurgencies behave more like private companies which operate independently of the state.
"Pakistan's Muslim militants are developing into the analogues of Maoist rebels in India, who also take over certain areas and attack government forces there to provide an alternative but non-governmental form of order. Managing territories within a state without apparently wanting to form a new government suggests a privatised and non-political ideal of governance, one that both Indian Maoists and Pakistani militants seem to espouse. The task before both governments is therefore not to de-politicize but rather bring these groups into the political arena..." he wrote."
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