Interview With a Tribal Chief #6: It Was Easier Fighting the Taliban

SP: You've been in Kabul the last couple of weeks, Chief Zazai. What were you doing there?

Chief Zazai: I was meeting with British and American commanders, trying to get support for the Tribal Police Force program in my home valley.

SP: Do I dare ask how that went?

Chief Zazai with LtGen Sir Graeme Lamb at ISAF Headquarters, Kabul

Chief Zazai: Steve, without exception the generals at the top are receptive; they are honorable, intelligent and well-meaning men who are great soldiers and who, I...