The area is awash with weapons and inhabited by ethnic Pashtuntribes.
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The militants were given refuge by the Pashtuntribes that straddle the border.
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Rivalry between militant factions often reflects old rivalries between Pashtuntribes.
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The Pashtuntribes in the Bajaur region to the north vowed their cooperation last month.
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Most are members of the region's ethnic Pashtuntribes who have battled intruders for centuries.
Uso de afghan tribes em inglês
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I shall be at home with them, for most of them belong to the Afghantribes.
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When he perished in an unfortunate expedition against some unruly Afghantribes, Akbar's grief was for a long time inconsolable.
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They also indicated a possible increase in the amount of territory the militants controlled and the influence they wield over Afghantribes, Conway said.
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This prince was repudiated by the Afghantribes, and to their bitter and savage hostility was due the result which we have briefly described.
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Obama, who leads in the polls, has said he also would favor negotiations with some Afghantribes who have backed the Taliban up to now.
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The nomadic Afghantribes of the west are chiefly pastoral, and the wool of the southern Herat and Kandahar provinces is famous for its quality.