ABSTRACT
This chapter evaluates four countries that have witnessed some of the most prominent suicide campaigns Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan and Pakistan are countries that continue to face challenges in ensuring security with respect to suicide terrorism and are two of the main victims of the phenomenon. It is worthwhile to understand the vulnerabilities of the state and the conditions within the state that have enabled such an environment to persist till date. The chapter aims to understand the measures undertaken by the states to curb the campaigns and to what extent they have or have not been successful in tackling the phenomenon. Hezbollah’s employment of suicide terrorism was unique in the world. Lebanon has predominantly been a country with a diverse population comprising Christians and Muslims – both Shias and Sunnis. The Sri Lankan civil war was a result of an ethnic divide between the Tamils and Sinhalese rooted in Sri Lanka’s colonial past.
