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On Afghan Tribal Militias     Email    Printer-Friendly
Michael Wahid Hanna, The Century Foundation, 1/29/2010
At the risk of engaging in a practice that I have come to abhor, I am going to draw a few parallels between Iraq and Afghanistan, knowing that the situations are not generally comparable. On the issue of tribal engagement, many knowledgeable regional experts have emphasized the fact that Afghan tribal structures have deteriorated in comparison with Iraq's tribal structures and that tribal authority is far from sacrosanct following decades of war. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.


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