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Afghanistan

AfghanistanAgoraAn 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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Afghanistan

AfghanistanAgoraAn Interview with an Afghan Tribal ChiefEditorial

Part #1

By Steven Pressfield | Published: September 25, 2009

Chief Zazai, right, with his father, Chief Raiss Afzal Khan Zazi and his bodyguard, both murdered in 2000

Chief Zazai, right, with his father, Chief Raiss Afzal Khan Zazi and his bodyguard, both murdered in 2000

[The blog is out of town this week.  Here is a re-boot of our first post in this ongoing series. See you Monday!] (more…)

Posted in Afghanistan, Agora, An Interview with an Afghan Tribal Chief, Editorial
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Afghanistan

AfghanistanAgoraEditorialOn Tribalism

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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