AFF

Afghanistan Freedom Front

ANDSF

Afghan National Defense and Security Forces

Baad

exchange of daughters between families or clans to end feuds or disputes

Burqa

a long loose-fitting garment worn by women, which covers their entire body and face, and sometimes has a mesh panel covering the eyes

Fitnah

social disorder or chaos, which can itself facilitate sin

GDI

General Directorate of Intelligence

IDP

Internally Displaced Person

IED

Improvised Explosive Device

ISKP

Islamic State Khorasan Province

Madrassa

Islamic religious school

Mahram

a family member who one may not marry, in this report used as a reference to a male relative serving as a chaperone

MPVPV

Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice

Mullah

Islamic religious cleric

Muhtasib/muhtasibin

Official enforcer/enforcers of sharia

Niqab

a long garment worn by women, which covers their entire body and face, except for the eyes

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NRF

National Resistance Front

Pashtunwali

Traditional social, cultural, and quasi-legal code regulating the Pashtun way of life

Shalwar kameez

a loose-fitting knee-length tunic over baggy pants worn by men

Sharia

the religious law of Islam; Islamic canonical law

Shura

a decision-making community council, often formed for non-State dispute settlement, made up of a group of people with community authority (elders) to discuss and find solutions to a problem

TTP

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

UNAMA

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan