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- Abdul Rashid Dostum [r]: Afghan Uzbek warlord who had been the dominant figure in the north, although he may have gone into exile in Turkey [e]
- Afghan and Pakistani local forces [r]: In Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially within Pashtun culture, tribes will raise local forces variously as akarbai (community police), lashkar (fighters for a common threat) and paid militias [e]
- Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan [e]
- Durrani [r]: One of the two major tribes of the Pashtun people [e]
- Gardez [r]: The capital of Paktia Province of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan; the Afghan National Army's 203rd corps headquarters [e]
- Ghilzai [r]: One of the two major tribes of the Pashtun people, rivals of the Durrani who founded the monarchy and retain leadership roles [e]
- Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam [r]: A Deoband Islamist and Pashtun, although not separatist, opposition party of Pakistan, with its greatest strength in the Balochistan Province and Northwest Frontier Province [e]
- Kabul [r]: Capital of Afghanistan. [e]
- Khost Province [r]: A province of Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Area [e]
- Khost [r]: Capital of Khost Province, on the eastern border of Afghanistan [e]
- Lodhi [r]: A Pashtun tribe, a sub-group of the larger Ghilzais of Afghanistan and Pakistan. [e]
- Mazar-e-Sharif [r]: Afghanistan's second-largest city, in its north [e]
- Military sociology [r]: The study of the motivations and interactions of soldiers as members of military organizations [e]
- Northern Alliance [r]: A military alliance against the Taliban in Afghanistan's civil war, which, with U.S. assistance, drove it from power in the Afghanistan War (2001-) [e]
- Pakistan [r]: Country in southern Asia, established as a Muslim state split from India in 1947, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east, Iran and Afghanistan to the west, and China to the north. [e]
- Paktika Province [r]: A province of eastern Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan [e]
- Pashtunwali [r]: The honor code of the Pashtun people, a strong tenet of which is protection of guests [e]
- Political party [r]: An organization that seeks to advance the interests of its members by obtaining political power [e]
- Quetta [r]: Capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It is believed to be the headquarters of the Taliban Quetta shura governing body under Mullah Muhammad Omar. [e]
- Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [e]
- United States Army Special Forces [r]: United States Army organization originally created to train and lead guerillas, highly qualified to work with other cultures; acquired additional missions including foreign internal defense, direct action (military), special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, etc. [e]
- Wars of Afghanistan [r]: Wars of Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present [e]
- Yunis Khalis [r]: An early leader of the mudjahedin (1919-2006), whose stronghold was Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province [e]
