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In Afghanistan’s Pashtun Heartland, Tribal Rule Supersedes State Law

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Ahsan Arian Abubakar Siddique February 15, 2021 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Mohammad Ayaz lost two family members last summer in a clash with a rival family over an irrigation channel in southeastern Afghanistan. Ayaz lives near Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktia Province. He says he lost his son and nephew in the July

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Hekmatyar holds massive political rally in Afghanistan

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Anadolu Agency: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, chief of the Hezb-e-Islami party, on Sunday addressed a huge political rally in the war-ravaged country’s southeastern Khost province attended by thousands of his followers. Referring to the ‘Greater Paktia’ region that comprises Khost, Paktia and Paktia provinces — home to different Pashtoon tribes — Hekmatyar said it has long been deprived of

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