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Afghan reconciliation strategy should reflect Pashtun culture

Date: May 16, 2010

Author: David Ignatius

QUOTE: Conflicts start because of an insult to a tribe's honor, which requires a rite of revenge known as badal. The fighting continues until scores are settled and the combatants are exhausted. It's the mechanism of conflict resolution that's intriguing, in terms of U.S. strategy. Reconciliation begins with a process of repentance...

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Key People:

• Gen. James L. Jones
• Mullah Muhammad Omar
• President Hamid Karzai

Key Organizations:

• Taliban
• Washington Post Newspaper

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments
  • Responsibility
    • Apologies/Reparations

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • Peace Making International

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Tribes/Clans

• Asia
  • South Asia
    • Pakistan

• Eurasia / Central Asia
  • Afghanistan

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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