The fate of village councils : the Emirate's effort to institute hegemony over rural Afghanistan

"This report examines what kind of village-level, self-governing structures remain in place, based on more than 50 interviews conducted over two years with more than 40 men, representative of Afghanistan’s ethnic and geographical spread. Members of the AAN team meet with a shura member in Qarqanatu village, Bamian province. They included tribal elders, respected members of communities, journalists, farmers, teachers and other villagers in 21 provinces. Notably, all used ‘CDC’ interchangeably with ‘shura’ and ‘village shura’"