And, even if the state succeeds, re asserting control over Swat will only be the first step.

The Taliban is spread throughout the NWFP and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Members of hundreds of tribes have erected tents in Change Square in Sanaa.

Almost the entire tribal belt along the Pakistan Afghanistan border is suffering.

A resurgent Taliban in its tribal areas has destabilized Pakistan.

48 percent of working tribes say, these are employed tribes, say, I'm great and you're not.

In 2006, indigenous from 20 different ethnicities reoccupied the locale.

The first problems arose in the lawless federally administered tribal areas (FATA) in western Pakistan.

But not just work. It's within these tribes that societies get built, that important things happen.

Pakistanis from all sects and tribes joined hands to condemn terrorism in the name of Islam.

Only about 22 percent of tribes are at Stage Four, oriented by our values, saying We're great.

(f) To stop the use of tribal militias that commit serious human rights abuses

Many of you may have heard of the Lakota, or at least the larger group of tribes called the Sioux.

Migration itself has diluted individual tribal identities, alienating these people from their sustainable way of life.

NEW YORK The terrorist sanctuary in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan s tribal frontier with Afghanistan is coming apart.

The paradox here is that parties have become more tribal having lost their ideological distinctiveness.

(f) To stop the support provided to and use of tribal militias that commit grave human rights abuses

You're in tribes here. Hopefully you're extending the reach of the tribes that you have.

The Lakota are one of many tribes that were moved off their land to prisoner of war camps now called reservations.

Abortion is also regarded as a taboo by most cultures tribes in Uganda and is believed to bring misfortune to the family.

Around forty tribes live in Afghanistan, each of whom represent their own distinct culture, language and traditions.

North Carolina became one of the English Thirteen Colonies and with the territory of South Carolina was originally known as the Province of Carolina.

Only then can members of different tribes interact with each other in a common space and from a position of strength and respect.

Militant hubs are scattered throughout the sparsely populated tribal areas, including the North Waziristan, Orakzai, and Mohmand regions.

A related problem arises from sociology how much bloodshed do we owe, for instance, to the British invention of martial races'' in India?

This is why outsiders should place greater emphasis on providing military and political support to Kurdish forces and Sunni tribes.

Historical rivalries, vendettas, and weapons are widespread among Libya s tribesmen, which suggest that tribal warfare in the post Qaddafi era is likely.

An increase in deadly attacks on army convoys in the Pakistan Afghanistan tribal areas has also pushed the army away from Musharraf.

Africa's independence leaders of the late 1950s and early 1960s essentially opposed tribal power.

Moreover, national identities often compete with and are increasingly overwhelmed by those stemming from religion, sect, and tribe.

Bédié founded his power on the country s Catholics and his government on tribal membership.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments twelve princes, according to their nations.

One of the first facts to know is that 18 traditional tribes have been counted in Madagascar, which include people of African, Asian, or Arab origin.

Hindus, Ahmadiyyas, and tribal people in the Chittagong hills, fearful for their safety, have been leaving the country in droves.

Southern Punjab is seeing a rapid growth in the number of religious fanatics, and rooting out the problem there is much more challenging than acting in the Pashtun tribal areas.

The Army, which recruits heavily in the Punjab, will not use force there in the way it is doing in the tribal areas.

The expression Saami village has a colonial heritage stemming from laws for farmers and settlers that the Swedish government imposed on the nomadic Saami people.

However, the Bombay government, unsure of the Persian reaction to British involvement with Gulf Arab tribes, declined to offer them protection.

Allying himself with the Bush administration has increased his unpopularity, especially following missile attacks by the United States in Pakistan s tribal areas.

This alerted Pakistan to the fact that, with the imminent departure of US troops, it would be left alone to fight the insurgency on both sides of its border with Afghanistan. To do that, Pakistan would need help from some of the Afghan Pashtun tribes with which it had developed strong relations during the war against the Soviet Union.

Land was relatively abundant and allocated by tribal chiefs without regard to Western style property rights.

To do that, Pakistan would need help from some of the Afghan Pashtun tribes with which it had developed strong relations during the war against the Soviet Union.

The community's concerns about the environment have been prescient, as impoverished, vulnerable rural communities have had to bear the brunt of deteriorating environmental conditions and shortages of different vital natural resources. The community elders are feeling the impact of environmental degradation through development projects draining their livelihood and eroding their identity.

And it should take into account what we know of the aesthetic interests of isolated hunter gatherer bands that survived into the 19th and the 20th centuries.

Indeed, some tribal elders have chosen to not share their knowledge with non tribal members by recording it, the chance that an outsider will access the information increases.