eption that in attempting to nationalize land and wealth, as well as regulate marriage practices, the DRA was unl... ic of Afghanistan (DRA) after 1978, although most were essentially detribalized because of their close... stan, established by the mujahadeen whose leaders were mostly from the Ghilzai, and a variety of easte... t ministries, provinces and cities. Tribal elders were again ignored.
Since being toppled in 2001, t
amputations of those found guilty of theft.
Men were required to grow beards and women had to wear the all-covering burka. The Taliban showed a si... forces of the Soviet Union in the 1980s. Afghans, weary of the mujahideen's excesses and infighting after the Soviets were driven out, generally welcomed the Taliban when they first appeared on the scene.
Their early pop
