Significance of Jirga system

Jalal Tariq Khan

In Afghanistan - the home of Aryans and the land of lofty mountains, barren plains and land-locked terrain, tribes of ethnically different origins live. For centuries, the land has echoed with the sound of barrage of bullets as warring tribes have fought a never-ending battle for power and influence. These tribes have altered allegiance, betrayed each other and disputed over power, gold, and women. Sometimes, they were dubbed as valia...