This is about the unit of Afghan social organization the qaum, a network of affiliations that is most intense in the family, in which are nested wider loyalties to tribe, clan, occupation, ethnic group, region and finally to the continued existence of the country itself, but not necessarily to the current regime, but it has relevance to FATA as well:
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistan army helicopter crashed in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing all 13 soldiers on board, a military official said.
"The helicopter pilot gave a distress signal before it crashed," the senior military official said on the condition of anonymity. "It was an accident."
The Russian-designed Mi-17 helicopter came down near Karak, in a district neighboring North Waziristan, a tribal area where security forces come under regular fire from militants.
"At least three victims jumped from the helicopter before it made a crash landing, but they could not survive," the official said. The rest of the bodies were badly charred, he adde