Taliban and Karzai Regime Undermine Pashtun Tribal Code - Michael Hughes

For centuries the inner-cohesion and tribal balance of the Pashtuns, Afghanistan's ethnic majority, has been maintained by an ancient tribal code of honor called Pashtunwali, or "way of the Pashtuns". This value system has been decimated after three decades of war, corruption, dislocation and religious fundamentalism -- the offspring of incessant foreign meddling, both direct and via proxy. --- The core tenets of Pashtunwali are based on self-respect, justice, hospitality, love, forgiveness, tolerance, loyalty, equality and independence. Taliban and Karzai Regime Undermine Pashtun Tribal Code --- Afghanistan : Pictures, Videos, Breaking News - huffingtonpost Century Foundation Calls for Real Political Talks Now to End the Afghanistan War