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AN INTERVIEW WITH AN AFGHAN TRIBAL CHIEF

Interview with An Afghan Tribal Chief

Part 2: Warlords

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 2, 2009

 

SP: Welcome back, Chief Zazai, for this second installment of our multi-part interview. As our readers know from last week, you are a paramount chief of eleven tribes in your home district, the Zazi Valley in Paktia province. Your father fought the Soviets and the Taliban and was assassinated in 2000; you yourself have fought those fights and have survived two recent attempts on your own life. It’s a pleasure and a privilege for me to be able to talk with you today.

Chief Zazai: Thank you, Mr. Pressfield, for affording me this opportunity to tell a side of the Afghan story that we see very little of in the American media. (more…)

Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, An Interview with an Afghan Tribal Chief
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ONE TRIBE AT A TIME

One Tribe At A Time

“One Tribe at a Time”

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 28, 2009

The thoughts and I ideas that I will put forward in this paper are mine alone. Although I credit the U.S. Army Special Forces for the training I have received and the trust of [its] commanders, nothing in this paper reflects any other person’s or organization’s ideas.

Maj. Gant and ODA 316 in Afghanistan 2004

Maj. Gant and ODA 316 in Afghanistan 2004

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Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, Editorial, One Tribe At A Time
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Mea Culpa: Coming Attractions coming a little late

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 18, 2009

Site of the tribal gathering in Zazi, Paktia province

Site of the tribal gathering in Zazi, Paktia province

They say that every enterprise, from D-Day to a kitchen remodel, takes three times as long as you think and costs three times as much. I must apologize: our two new series have run afoul of this same syndrome. Here’s the latest: (more…)

Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, Editorial, On Tribalism
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Monday Mashup—9/14/09

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 14, 2009

 

This past Friday marked eight years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, Editorial, Mashup
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Knowing When to Stop, or Learning How to Win?

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 11, 2009

A guest blog by Michael Brandon McClellan

[Mike McClellan is a graduate of Yale and Georgetown Law and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. His articles on politics and foreign policy have appeared in the WSJ, the Weekly Standard and on TCS Daily.  It's our pleasure to welcome him as a contributor.]

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Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, Editorial, Guest Blogger, On Tribalism
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