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Episode 37: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili on Afghanistan and State-Building

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What Is the Role of Customary Institutions in Afghanistan?

The rules that governed tradition in afghanistan were far more rational and legal than those of the state. They were reliable, and people had no desire to cast them aside for a state they couldn't trust or didn't understand. The way tha villages are governed is so complicated, there's thi constellation of actors at the village level. And you know, it's not just afghanistan has these kinds of authorities, right?

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