Expanding the Qawm
Sean R Slaughter
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Expanding the Qawm

Culturally Savvy Counterinsurgency and Nation-Building in Afghanistan

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This monograph investigates culture and society in Afghanistan and recommends an operational approach leveraging a blend of formal and traditional institutions, working with the propensity of the Afghan system, and building capacity and legitimacy for GIRoA. It examines some commonly misunderstood concepts within Afghan culture such as qawm and tribe, and attempts to correct some of the misconceptions about Afghanistan as a 'tribal' society. It finds that Afghans draw their identity not from the tribe, but from the qawm-a more malleable and locally oriented system. The monograph also examines ...