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arbakai

Noun

Meaning

arbakai (plural arbakais or arbakai)

A Pashtun tribal militia in Afghanistan.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He also showed how the fighting had been encouraged and then co-opted by senior government figures in Ghazni and Kabul who managed to turn the initial rebel group into a pro-government arbakai. Source: Internet

The ‘rebel’ group in Andar is no traditional arbakai – where reliable elders select the members then ask for approval by the district government. Source: Internet

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