Ghilzai

There are very few images of this important location in Ghilzai country between Qandahar and Kabul.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

This was an undervalued point in helping to understand the Taliban insurgency, which could, at least in part, be understood as a movement of Ghilzai Pashtuns, rural tribes long on the outs in Afghanistan, fighting for power against the Durrani Pashtuns who have traditionally ruled the country since the mid-18th century.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

This was an undervalued point in helping to understand the Taliban insurgency, which could, at least in part, be understood as a movement of Ghilzai Pashtuns, rural tribes long on the outs in Afghanistan, fighting for power against the Durrani Pashtuns who have traditionally ruled the country since the mid-18th century.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

In a previous court filing, prosecutors said federal agents became aware of Younis in November after a Facebook user in Louisiana tipped them off to discussions with Younis, who was using the name Sundullah "Sunny" Ghilzai online.

Allegations scaled back for Virginia man indicted in Metro bomb threat on Facebook 2011

This was an undervalued point in helping to understand the Taliban insurgency, which could, at least in part, be understood as a movement of Ghilzai Pashtuns, rural tribes long on the outs in Afghanistan, fighting for power against the Durrani Pashtuns who have traditionally ruled the country since the mid-18th century.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

In a previous court filing, prosecutors said federal agents became aware of Younis in November after a Facebook user in Louisiana tipped them off to discussions with Younis, who was using the name Sundullah "Sunny" Ghilzai online.

Allegations scaled back for Virginia man indicted in Metro bomb threat on Facebook 2011

The Pashtun confederations of the Durrani and Ghilzai, which comprise several tribes, have been competing for control of Kandahar since the 18 century; this competition has defined war and peace in the region.

Khalil Nouri: Afghanistan: Who Can Lead Kandahar? Khalil Nouri 2011

This was an undervalued point in helping to understand the Taliban insurgency, which could, at least in part, be understood as a movement of Ghilzai Pashtuns, rural tribes long on the outs in Afghanistan, fighting for power against the Durrani Pashtuns who have traditionally ruled the country since the mid-18th century.

The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

Without redressing this imbalance, officials say, a sense of exclusion from power and economic spoils will continue pushing many other communities — especially the large Ghilzai tribes — into Taliban hands.

Kandahar Offensive to Focus on Good Governance Yaroslav Trofimov 2010

Without redressing this imbalance, officials say, a sense of exclusion from power and economic spoils will continue pushing many other communities — especially the large Ghilzai tribes — into Taliban hands.

Kandahar Offensive to Focus on Good Governance Yaroslav Trofimov 2010