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The Pashtun Tribe

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ry, taking form along extended kinship lines. Led by councils of elders, tribes provided their members... tribal jirgah, an assembly which takes decisions by consensus. The legitimacy of his rule was sanctioned at the same time by the ulama (religious scholars). Ahmad Khan assume... an life. This regime was in turn replaced in 1992 by the Islamic State of Afghanistan, established by

Who Are the Taliban

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liban in Afghanistan are still believed to be led by Mullah Omar, a village clergyman who lost his rig