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Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan
When originally published in 1984,
Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan
provided the first focused consideration of the 1978 Saur
Revolution and the subsequent Soviet invasion and occupation of the
country. Nearly four decades later, its conclusions remain crucial
to understanding Afghanistan today.
In this much-anticipated re-release, Revolutions and
Rebellions in Afghanistan offers an opportunity for fresh
insight into the antecedents of the nation's enduring conflicts. A
new foreword by editors M. Nazif Shahrani and Robert L. Canfield
contextualizes this collection, which relies on extensive fieldwork
in the years leading up to the Soviet invasion. Specific tribal,
ethnic, and gender groups are considered within the context of
their region, and contributors discuss local responses to
government decrees, Islamic-inspired grassroots activism, and
interpretations of jihad outside of Kabul.
Long recognized as a vital ethnographic text in Afghan studies,
Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan provides an
extraordinary chance to experience the diversity of the Afghan
people on the cusp of irrevocable change and to understand what
they expected of the years ahead.
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Empire and tribe in the Afghan frontier region : custom, conflict and British strategy in Waziristan until 1947
\"Waziristan, a region on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has in recent years become a flash point in the so-called 'War on Terror'. Hugh Beattie looks at the history of this region, examining British attempts to manage the tribes from 1849 until Pakistan's declaration of independence in 1947. He explores British attempts to divide the frontier region into separate British and Afghan spheres of influence. In the minds of British policymakers, this demarcation would secure the position of the Empire, and so Beattie highlights the various policy initiatives towards the frontier region over the period in question. Crucially, he analyses how the British perceived the local tribes, what constituted authority within tribal frameworks, and the military and political ramifications of these perceptions. As he also explores the contemporary relevance of this region, taking into account the resurgence of the Taliban in Waziristan, Beattie's analysis is vital for those interested in the history and security implications of the Afghan frontier with Pakistan\"-- Provided by publisher.
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EFFECTS OF THE SAUR REVOLUTION IN THE NAHRIN AREA OF NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
On 27 April 1978, a military coup in Afghanistan brought to power the leaders of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)–an event to which the government subsequently referred as the Saur Revolution after the month in which it occurred (the second month of the Afghan calendar). The PDPA was divided into two principal factions, Khalq (“people”) and Parcham (“flag”). Within two or three months of the coup the former faction had gained the upper hand over the latter and was to be largely responsible for the policies pursued by the new regime until the Soviet invasion in December 1979
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Tribe and state in Waziristan 1849-1883
The thesis begins by describing the socio-political and economic organisation of the tribes of Waziristan in the mid-nineteenth century, as well as aspects of their culture, attention being drawn to their egalitarian ethos and the importance of tarburwali, rivalry between patrilateral parallel cousins. It goes on to examine relations between the tribes and the British authorities in the first thirty years after the annexation of the Punjab. Along the south Waziristan border, Mahsud raiding was increasingly regarded as a problem, and the ways in which the British tried to deal with this are explored; in the 1870s indirect subsidies, and the imposition of 'tribal responsibility' are seen to have improved the position, but divisions within the tribe and the tensions created by the Second Anglo-Afghan War led to a tribal army burning Tank in 1879. The contrast is drawn with the relatively good relations which were established with many of the Darwesh Khel Wazirs, some of whom had begun to graze flocks and cultivate land in the Bannu district on the north Waziristan border. However, clumsy handling of the latter led to a serious crisis in 1870, and the resulting efforts to improve tribal management are described. In conclusion, the nature of British frontier policy in Waziristan in this period is analysed, and the strategic, political, economic and cultural influences upon it examined; in particular ideas about how the tribes were organised and could be handled are investigated. Actual techniques of tribal management are described and their effectiveness assessed. Tribal reactions are briefly explored; the difficulties experienced with them are seen to have been due to factionalism and a general clash of cultures, as much as to their poverty. The relationship between the tribes and the government in Kabul in this period is also discussed. The implications for the general question of relations between 'tribe' and 'state' are briefly assessed, and the dialectical quality of the relationship emphasised.
Dissertation
Reviews of Books
[...]as Wide explains, efforts to make Pashto an Afghan national language were undermined by an efflorescence of Pashto language and literature, particularly poetry, among the Pashtuns living across the Durand Line in British India, because this literature often evoked an inclusive cross-border Pashtun solidarity. [...]as Caron explains in Chapter 5, this Pashto nationalist poetry could be understood as a critique not just of British imperialism, but of local power relations as well. [...]if Afghans have adopted new literary forms such as the novel, sometimes with striking commercial success (Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner for instance), they have also continued to reference traditional sources, such as the Shahnama, the heroic epic written by Ferdowsi in the later-tenth and early-eleventh centuries ce. [...]in Chapter 10 Margaret A. Mills points out that for many people Afghan culture remains predominantly oral, and discusses proverbs and aphorisms.
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