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1. Afghanistan. Despite a decline in terrorist deaths from 2018 to 2019, Afghanistan remains the country most impacted by terrorism for the second consecutive year.
The factors influencing contemporary terrorism are a blend of historical, economic, political, cultural, motivational, and technological factors, to name only the most obvious. The logic of cause-followed-by-effect is inappropriate to the understanding of origins and contexts of terrorism.
Afghanistan is the top country by global terrorism index in the world. As of 2021, global terrorism index in Afghanistan was 9.11 index. The top 5 countries also includes Iraq, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Syrian Arab Republic.
These four strains—these four horsemen of terrorism—are Nationalism, Socialism, Religious Extremism, and Social Exclusion.
Causes for right-wing terrorism have included white nationalism, ethnonationalism, fascism, anti-socialism, the anti-abortion movement, and tax resistance. Sometimes terrorists on the same side fight for different reasons.
Factors such as the lack of social cohesion, weak institutions, corruption, poor governance, and mal-functioning economies resulting in poverty and rising unemployment have only strengthened the phenomenon of terrorism in different regions of Africa.
In 1985 the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that found the underlying causes of terrorism to include “colonialism, racism and situations involving mass and flagrant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and those involving alien occupation” (United Nations General Assembly 1985.
The effect of terrorist activities such as suicide bombings, kidnappings, destruction of lives, public infrastructure, private and entrepreneurial investments, the climate of fear, panic and confusion and a heated and ungovernable polity has continued to make Nigeria an unsuitable bride for foreign investments.
Global terrorism index of India increased by 1.07 % from 7.35 index in 2020 to 7.43 index in 2021. Since the 0.66 % fall in 2019, global terrorism index reduced by 1.14 % in 2021.
the Institute for Economics & PeaceGlobal Terrorism Index (GTI) The GTI by the Institute for Economics & Peace provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism over the last 14 years. The report ranks 163 countries (99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to the impact of terrorism.