Implicit in that framework are several popularly understood factors: that tribes which ally with American and indigenous government forces are fed up with extremists (Al Qaeda in the case of Iraq, and ...

Notably, Khan’s ancestors belonged to the Pashtun tribe and were originally from Afghanistan’s Kandahar. The Pataudi estate emerged after the Maratha-British war as a princely state.

Clashes between rival tribes killed at least 11 people in the ... in the Kunj Alizai area near the country's border with ...

Jeff B. Harmon's 1989 documentary,“Warlord of Kayan,” offers an in-depth look at Afghanistan's history through the life of Sayed Jafar Naderi. Thi ...