What is "tribals"

Usage examples of "tribals".

That was the price of admission when it was decided at the front end that the tribals were going to do the bulk of the ground fighting and not the U.

They were working with individual commanders with very small numbers of fighters, some larger networks, even some tribals near the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

For the tribals closer to the Pa­kistani border, in Khowst and Paktia, Hank said, "We're engaging our Peshawar office to get in contact with them.

For the first time now, friendly tribals were right up there on the southern part of the bridge.

The Afghan tribals were supposed to do the same on their side, but Hank concluded they had done a sorry job.

But it wasn't as obvious that they were tribals -- some of the younger folk among the Christian heathen affected traditional costumes and hairstyles.

When field agents or the Afghan tribals were apparently uncertain of whether they had to try to capture bin Laden before they used deadly force, I made it clear that they did not.