Pashtunwali

Remember, the Pashtuns have a code called Pashtunwali, which is what the Taliban used to say they could not give up Osama bin Laden.

CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2001 2001

Taliban ideology, by contrast, is heavily influenced by Pashtun culture, particularly the ancient tribal honour code known as Pashtunwali.

James Fergusson: Understanding The Religious Worldview Of The Taliban James Fergusson 2011

Taliban ideology, by contrast, is heavily influenced by Pashtun culture, particularly the ancient tribal honour code known as Pashtunwali.

James Fergusson: Understanding The Religious Worldview Of The Taliban James Fergusson 2011

Taliban ideology, by contrast, is heavily influenced by Pashtun culture, particularly the ancient tribal honour code known as Pashtunwali.

James Fergusson: Understanding The Religious Worldview Of The Taliban James Fergusson 2011

Taliban ideology, by contrast, is heavily influenced by Pashtun culture, particularly the ancient tribal honour code known as Pashtunwali.

James Fergusson: Understanding The Religious Worldview Of The Taliban James Fergusson 2011

The Tribal Areas, originally delineated by the British as a buffer between the Raj and the Russian Empire, operate today under an ancient set of laws known as Pashtunwali, the Pashtun code of honor.

Pakistan's Phantom Border Giovanni, Janine di 2008

The strictly observed custom of defending guests, part of an ancient honor code called Pashtunwali, insulated Al Qaeda.

Into Thin Air 2007

The head of intelligence for Kandahar, Gen. Mohammed Naim Momin, condemned the attack and said it violated the Pashtun legal code known as 'Pashtunwali.'

NYT > Global Home By TAIMOOR SHAH 2011

José Oberson called Pashtunwali, at its core, an expressing of nang, and that just underneath that Pashtuns were driven by badal, or revenge.

Registan.net Joshua Foust 2010

Doing would have violated their ancient code of "Pashtunwali" that still guides them.

Eric Margolis: Kicking a Hornet's Nest in Pakistan 2009