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There’s an amazing book by Rory Stewart, a UK diplomat/former MP, called The Places Between. He walked across Afghanistan in 2002 and the book documents his journey. it gives a nuanced cultural description of the tribal landscape (and is fascinating not dry). It’s worth picking up

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I was quite impressed by Rory Stuart, it’s a shame he didn’t survive the political chaos of 2019 because ideology aside he seemed to have a wider worldview than his fellow passengers of the traditional Eton to Oxbridge to the Cabinet social pipeline.