An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State

Lieven, Anatol

doi:10.1080/00396338.2021.1930403

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“…The scope conditions of this study revolve around the unique context of Afghanistan, a region that has received relatively little attention in intergroup contact research despite being a country with a history of volatile intergroup relationships 31,33,34,78 . Investigating the effectiveness of indirect contact mechanisms for reducing prejudice in such a complex and conflictridden environment 79 is pivotal for several reasons.…”

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“…Unlike the evidence on direct face-to-face contacts, the evidence regarding the optimal conditions for E-contact remains sparse, thus suggesting the need for more studies to improve our understanding of how technology-mediated contacts can affect intergroup processes and reduce prejudices and hostility 5,[28][29][30] . Likewise, there is a dearth of research exploring the effects of intergroup contact in contexts such as Afghanistan, which is understandable given the volatile intergroup relations and the difficulties it may impose on researchers, relevant authorities, and the participants themselves 31,32 .…”

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E-contact facilitated by conversational agents reduces interethnic prejudice and anxiety in Afghanistan

Sahab,

Haqbeen,

Hadfi

et al. 2024

Commun Psychol

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Intergroup contact occurring through indirect means such as the internet has the potential to improve intergroup relationships and may be especially beneficial in high conflict situations. Here we conducted a three-timepoint online experiment to ascertain whether the use of a conversational agent in E-contact platforms could mitigate interethnic prejudices and hostility among Afghanistan’s historically segregated and persistently conflictual ethnic groups. 128 Afghans of Pashtun, Tajik, and Hazara backgrounds were assigned to one of four E-contact conditions (control with no conversational agent and three experimental groups that varied in the conversational agent settings). Participants in the experimental conditions contributed more ideas and longer opinions and showed a greater reduction in outgroup prejudice and anxiety than those in the control group. These findings demonstrate that E-contact facilitated by a conversational agent can improve intergroup attitudes even in contexts characterized by a long history of intergroup segregation and conflict.

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E-contact facilitated by conversational agents reduces interethnic prejudice and anxiety in Afghanistan

Sahab,

Haqbeen,

Hadfi

et al. 2024

Commun Psychol

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“…Pastoral communities' vulnerability varies and is affected by interacting and complex historical, political, and social factors, such as differential access to resources, poverty, and different ways of accessing,Ali, (\2022). The existing historical context of colonial trauma, discrimination, neglect, and Pakistan's exploitative policies collectively intersect with Pashtun's marginality to climate change ,Ingalls, & Mansfield, (2017): (Lieven 2023). Pashtun Pastoral communities have experienced the impact of climate change and it has directly affected their socio-cultural values.…”

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Indigenous Knowledge and Community Institutions' Role in Pashtun Pastoral Community Resilience to Climate Change

Khan

2024

GSSR

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Indigenous knowledge and community institutions of pastoral communities play a pivotal role in resilience to climate change. This study aims to investigate the Pashtun pastoral community's culturally embedded indigenous knowledge, social structure, and social institutions' role in their resilience to climate change. It is revealed that climate change directly affects their natural resources, cultural traditions and livelihood, especially of the Pashtun pastoral community living in the mountainous region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is investigated that Pashtun pastoral community social structure (such as kinship bonds, brotherhood, and reciprocity) and cultural institutions strengthen their resilience to bounce back from the worst impact of climate change. It is revealed that the Pashtun pastoral communities’ indigenous knowledge is embedded in their folk literature, metaphors, poetry, and traditions. Their indigenous knowledge, and socio-cultural institutions, strengthen the Pashtun pastoral community's resilience to climate change.

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Evaluating the effect of military intervention on rebel governance in terms of disaggregated human security

Shigenoi

Maekawa

2022

Small Wars & Insurgencies

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An Afghan Tragedy: The Pashtuns, the Taliban and the State

Cited by 6 publications

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E-contact facilitated by conversational agents reduces interethnic prejudice and anxiety in Afghanistan

E-contact facilitated by conversational agents reduces interethnic prejudice and anxiety in Afghanistan

Indigenous Knowledge and Community Institutions' Role in Pashtun Pastoral Community Resilience to Climate Change

Evaluating the effect of military intervention on rebel governance in terms of disaggregated human security

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