Large family units of the Eastern Iranian ethnic groups.
1 The area is awash with weapons and inhabited by ethnic Pashtun tribes .
2 The militants were given refuge by the Pashtun tribes that straddle the border.
3 Rivalry between militant factions often reflects old rivalries between Pashtun tribes .
4 The Pashtun tribes in the Bajaur region to the north vowed their cooperation last month.
5 Most are members of the region's ethnic Pashtun tribes who have battled intruders for centuries.
6 The military has encouraged Pashtun tribes to form militias, known as lashkars, to fight the militants.
7 They raised Pashtun tribes against their Russian adversaries and kept their distance behind the Khyber Pass.
8 The fiercely independent Pashtun tribes have never paid much heed to the boundary dividing their lands.
9 Analysts say winning over the Pashtun tribes is essential for ending violence in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
10 He can't run away, Malik told reporters after meeting leaders of ethnic Pashtun tribes from the northwest.
11 In the longer-term, the ethnic Pashtun tribes , some of which have been supporting militants, should be involved.
12 The Taliban movement has its roots in Pashtun tribes which straddle both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier.
13 Pakistan said the pact would empower leaders of ethnic Pashtun tribes and isolate foreign militants sheltering among them.
14 Ghani, a former World Bank economist, has strong support from Pashtun tribes in the country's south and east.
15 The militants were given refuge by the Pashtun tribes who live on both sides of the porous border.
16 Not all the Pashtun tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan have recognized the Durand Line imposed by the British.
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