Political Alignment, Leadership and the State in Pashtun Society
At the dawn of a new century, a human tragedy came about. A tragedy that provides sufficient impetus to set off additional calamities in southern Central Asia. Furthermore, the disastrous event had the power to promote an ordinary autumnal calendar date into a legendary lexical item with an epochal meaning. In the aftermath of September 11 and the subsequent events, eloquent opinion from commentators was mushrooming in the manner of plumes from laser-guided bombs in the wider Hindukush region. Both at times missing their targets, notwithstanding their pretence of smartness. The American led war against terro...
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