Shinwari

The Shinwari are a tribe in eastern Afghanistan which stretches into western Pakistan around the Khyber Pass.

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Shahid Shinwari/Reuters A plain-clothed policeman collected evidence from the site of a bomb explosion in Landi Kotal, northwest Pakistan, on Tuesday.

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Last year, the Shinwari tribe seemed like a feasible partner.

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The simplest explanation for the conflict is that the Shinwari population is growing, creating competition for land.

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Shahid Shinwari/Reuters TANKER FIRE: A man walked past a tanker Wednesday that was set ablaze by a bomb blast in Landikotal, Pakistan.

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That opinion puts Justice Scalia cozily in bed with former Chief Justice Shinwari, President Karzai’s first appointee to head the Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, who interpreted Article 22 of the Afghan Constitution, which calls for men and women to have equal rights and responsibilities before the law, to mean that men have rights and women have responsibilities to their husbands.

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Shahid Shinwari/Reuters A security official runs after throwing water at a burning oil tanker set ablaze by a bomb blast in the outskirts of Landikotal, northwest Pakistan, on Thursday.

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And a similar move by the Shinwari tribe in eastern Afghanistan last year was at first lauded as a major step forward by U.S. commanders until the Afghan government turned against the idea, saying that NATO was undermining its authority by working directly with the elders.

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From the gravel lot where he repairs cars, Babarak Shinwari can see the spot where the suicide bomber killed three of his cousins last year.

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Shahid Shinwari/Reuters Residents gathered near burning oil tankers, used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, after the trucks were hit by a bomb attack in the outskirts of Landikotal, northwest Pakistan, Tuesday.

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