[Lancey Howard]

They are living in medieval times, with a medieval mindset and a pre-medieval religion and most do not want change.

Yep, in Afghanistan there is no "nationality" as we know it. Most of the stone-age people who live there know, in general terms, only the boundaries of their own villages - - their own worlds. They never heard of "Afghanistan" and really couldn't care less.

[thingumbob]

Yep, their lives are reduced to the basest of needs with only a concern for their feudal tribal norms of behavior and ancient unforgivable grudges......

A regular Hatfield and McCoy feudal life.....where no one really knows why they fight, just that it is ......