Lawlessness in the region has also allowed sectarian groups and criminal gangs to operate.
The alternative narrative of nationalism used as a cynical distraction from lawlessness and graft is buried.
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Unless reined in, such legal lawlessness will ultimately kill the development of high-tech innovation and inventiveness.
Throughout all this the police have stood by, watching the lawlessness but not preventing it.
Until the fall of communism, the extent of official lawlessness was not fully appreciated.
But, it added, corruption and lawlessness in Afghanistan meant hardly any drug hauls could be seized.
Lawlessness, loss of personal security and selective legal protection are becoming more and more widespread.
Instead of being democratic or even becoming democratic, Russia is daily sinking deeper into authoritarianism and lawlessness.
Lawlessness in the streets has prevented medical supplies reaching hospitals, and many have been looted and closed.
The party's allies in Sindh are also anxious about the growing lawlessness in Karachi, the state's capital.
"Lawlessness and violence have robbed various parts of the country of peace and freedom, " said the 46-year old.
And Russia's biggest economic problems are about corruption, monopolies and lawlessness rather than the niceties of loan agreements.
As in Gaza, stability can fast give way to lawlessness, leaving Hamas or Israel to staunch the anarchy.
Since then, terror and instability have permeated the north Caucasus, aggravated by the lawlessness of the security services.
This state of lawlessness has allowed the widespread cultivation of the opium poppy, from which heroin is made.
Bloomberg Markets magazine published a lengthy article on Koch Industries and its culture of secrecy and lawlessness.
Already, increased lawlessness on the streets has made it more difficult for companies to provide services to certain communities.
Over the next couple of hours, my friends narrated incident after incident about the extent of lawlessness in Karachi.
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To distinguish Taliban-related activities from general lawlessness in the area, a series of rules were applied to each incident.
Mr Neeson said he was concerned about the "growing lawlessness" in the area.
But even if he is sincere, he lacks the resources and troops to stop the lawlessness in his country.
Not too many people in China are like him, who is fearless and relentless to fight lawlessness in China.
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Riots, revolutions and lawlessness have also interrupted the health care that Haitians receive.
Sinai had fallen into a state of lawlessness since the uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last year.
But Somalia's lawlessness is visible in the booming charcoal trade, which is annihilating what's left of the country's trees.
In her eyes, however, Russia's brutality did not absolve the Chechens' own government of plunging the country into lawlessness.
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Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991, fuelling the lawlessness which has allowed the pirates to thrive.
An article published by Apsnypress suggested the latest attack was linked to Mr Ankvab's efforts to eradicate corruption and lawlessness.
Ijaz Gilani of Gallup Pakistan, a polling firm, says Pakistanis are indeed disgruntled, more with lawlessness than with the economy.
That reflects a fundamental lack of confidence among the people who know the country best the Russians themselves caused by endemic lawlessness.
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