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"Just beneath the ethnic and religious divisions that the Iraq invasion and the Arab Spring tore open are those of tribe and clan and subclan..."

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016

Then there is the complex reality of those structures: the Shinwari dispute shows how subclan politics can trump any façade of tribal unity.

From Time • May 18, 2010

The U.S. military insists Kabul was involved as a broker between military officers and Shinwari elders, and the local governor may also have tried to patch up the current round of subclan fighting.

From Time • May 18, 2010

The northern quarter of the capital is held by the , Abagal subclan of interim President Ali Mahdi Mohammed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Baidoa, where Salisbury is based, most of his staff is from the Lyssan subclan, which prompted attacks from an opposing subclan.

From Time Magazine Archive