A tribal leader only gets elected when he, his father and grandfather have been servants of the community. A warlord cannot survive unless he has killed many innocent people, looted people’s livelihoods and been involved in the opium and drug trade. A tribal leader does not get elected if he has blood on his hands. A warlord is a self-imposed body on the tribes and the people. SP: What exactly is the difference between a tribal chief and a warlord?Ĭhief Zazai: A tribal leader is elected by the tribes. But then he refers to them, twice, as “the warlords.”Ĭhief Zazai: If a CIA officer can’t tell the difference between a Warlord and a Tribal Chief, then how would an ordinary American citizen? This is pure ignorance and it is sad to read such embarrassing stuff in the papers. Ignatius quotes a “former CIA officer” who seems to be advocating an approach that I believe you’d agree with, of working with “the locals,” by which he means (I think) the tribes. SP: There was an article in the Washington Postlast week by David Ignatius, a very good one, I thought. It’s about warlords.Ĭhief Zazai: Steve, you may get an answer from me that you don’t like! But something else came up this week that I’ve got to ask you about first. SP: Chief Zazai, I wanted to ask you today about how your Tribal Police Force is working with the American 10th Mountain Division, whose Area of Operations includes your home valley. Chief Zazai, second from right, and bodyguards on the way to Kabul to speak with the British ambassador
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