With their local tribal links plus mobility and flexible tactics, the Compagnies Méharistes provided an effective means of policing the desert.

Rewi Maniapoto who had tribal links to Tuhoe visited the area in 1862 and persuaded them to join the uprising.

Latitude: 34.22291 Longitude: 73.471187 Numbal is a mountainous area in the east of the district bordering Kashmir, where it has trade and tribal links.

People who know the region well express skepticism that the American-led effort will penetrate the age-old smuggling network, which is sustained by tribal links and religious sympathies.

Nambal is a mountainous area in the east of the district bordering Kashmir, where it has trade and tribal links.

The tribal link contributes to the backing here for the Taliban, though the depth of support is hard to gauge.

It initially attracted the poorer segments of the Kurdish population and became the only Kurdish party not dominated by tribal links.

The tribal link contributes to the backing here for the Afghan government, though the depth of that support is difficult to gauge.

But there, too, in a clash between the state and the terrorists, strong tribal links to the Al Saud dynasty could weaken support for Islamists.

They seized his satellite phone and rifle and threatened to kill him, but let him go because of shared tribal links.