Abstract
Four years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan remarkable developments in the nature of the popular resistance inside Afghanistan are apparent. New forms of leadership are emerging in many regions, with better educated, often much younger men challenging both the traditional leadership of tribal maliks (chiefs) and the Afghan parties based in exile. Inevitably, other aspects of tradition are also affected — divisions between rival tribes, ethnic groups and the sectarian hostility of sunni v. shi’a muslims. Close cooperation is now taking place in many regions between former enemies or rivals, who are united in the common aim of ridding Afghanistan of the Russians. Likewise, the traditional passivity of Afghan women is being challenged by the participation of women as organisers in the cities and sometimes as fighters in the countryside.
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Hyman, A. (1984). Postscript. In: Afghanistan Under Soviet Domination, 1964–83. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17443-0_11
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