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1973. The Ecology of Rural Ethnic Groups and the Spatial Dimensions of Power. American Anthropologist 75(5): 1151-1168. Translated into Persian by Professor Faieq Zarif : Did-e elmi-e mahyatzist dar baarey guruhaay qawmi-ye rustaayi wa ba’ad-e mukaani-y qudrat.
1974. Ethnic Groups.Americana Annual.New York: Encyclopedia Americana.
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1976. Suffering as a Religious Imperative in Afghanistan. Psychological Anthropology. Edited by T.R. Williams. The Hague: Mouton. (Reprinted [1977] in: The Realm of the Extra Human. Edited by A. Bharati. The Hague: Mouton.) Pp101-122.
1977. Where Heads the Future? The Other Side. Issue 74 (November): 18-21.
1978. Hazara. Ethnographic Survey of the Muslim World. Edited by R.V. Weeks. Westport,Connecticut: Greenwood.
1978. Religious Myth as Ethnic Boundary. Ethnic Process and Intergroup Relations in Afghanistan. Edited by Jon Anderson and Richard Strand. New York:Asia Society.
1979. , On MaximizationCharisma and Pathan Personality. Current Anthropology 20: 420-422.
1980. Foreword. Our Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: History and Destiny of the Assyrian People. By Peter Talia. Chicago: Assyrian Church.
1980. Afghanistan: Why We Should Care. Washington University Magazine 50(4) (October): 44-49. (Reprinted in AFL-CIO American Federationist [July, 1981] pp. 17-21.) (Reprinted under the title “Afghanistan: Ripples Around the World” in The Asia Mail 5(12) (September): 12-13.)
1983. Accusation as “Anthropology”. Reviews in Anthropology 10(1): 55-61.
1983. Comment on Arbar S. Ahmed: “Islam and The District Paradigm: Emergent Trends in Contemporary Muslim Society”. Current Anthropology 24(1): 82.
1983. Islamic Authorities in Afghanistan: Notes from a Resident Scholar. School of American Research: 1983 Report.
1984. Hazara. Muslim Peoples (Revised edition of Ethnographic Survey of the Muslim World).Edited by R. V. Weeks. Pp. 327-332. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood.
1984. Islamic Coalitions in Bamian and the Translation of Afghan Political Culture. Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan, 1978-1981. Edited by Nazif Shahrani and Robert Canfield, pp. 211-219. Berkeley: Institute of International Studies.
1984. Introduction. The Encyclopedia of Mankind. London: Marshall Cavendish.
1985. Islamic Sources of the Resistance. Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs 29(1) (Spring): 57-71.
1985. Western Stakes in the Afghanistan War. Central Asian Survey 4 (1): 121-135. (Reprinted in Pushtu as “DaAfghanistan mujahedin da asia aowgharblahgemuna ham dafaa’ kuyi” in Khpalwaki [Independence] [Quarterly Journal of the Writer’s Union of Free Afghanistan], 1 (1): 63-80. 1985.)
1986. Ethnic, Regional, and Sectarian Alignments in Rural Afghanistan. The State, Religion, and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. Edited by Ali Banuazizi and Myron Weiner (under the sponsorship of the Social Science Research Council). Syracuse: Syracuse University.
1988. Afghanistan’s Social Identities in Crisis. Identité et Expérience Ethniques en Iran et en Afghanistan. Edited by Jean-Paul Digard. Paris: Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique. Dari translation by Dr Faieq Zarif.
1989. The Collision of Evolutionary Process and Islamic Ideology in Greater Central Asia. Afghanistan and the Soviet Union: Collision and Transformation. Edited by Milan Hauner and Robert L. Canfield. Boulder: Westview.
1989. Conclusion. Afghanistan and the Soviet Union: Collision and Transformation. Edited by Milan Hauner and Robert L. Canfield. Boulder: Westview.
1989. “Afghanistan”. [a contribution to] Tongue- in-Cheek: Predictions by a Few Brave Souls. The Middle East Institute Newsletter, Winter. p. 3-4.
1989. Afghan Peace Would Benefit the Region. Chicago Tribune. Op-ed page. December 2.
1990. Briefing on Afghanistan. AACAR Bulletin (of the Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research). Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring) p. 2-5.
1991. Preface. Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective. Edited by Robert L. Canfield. Santa Fe and New York: School of American Research and Cambridge University Press.
1991. Introduction: The Turko-Persian Cultural Tradition. Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective. Edited by Robert L. Canfield. Santa Fe and New York: School of American Research and CambridgeUniversity Press.
1991. Theological “Extremism” and Social Movements in Central Asia.Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective. Edited by Robert L. Canfield. Santa Fe and London: School of American Research and Cambridge University Press.
1992. Restructuring in Greater Central Asia: Changing Political Configurations. Asian Survey Vol. 32, No 10 (October): 875-887. [Republished: Kenneth P. Jameson, ed. 1995. The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment, McGraw-Hill.]
1993. Carnival and Worship at the Shrine of Ali. Everyday Life in the MuslimMiddle East. Edited by Donna Lee Bowen and Evelyn A. Early. Indiana University Press.
1995. Obituary: David G. Scotchmer. Anthropology Newsletter Vol. 36 (No. 9, December), p. 39.
1999. On Cultural Relativism, Ethics, and the Concept of Culture. Notes on Anthropology and Intercultural Community Work 28: p. 3-8.
2001. Who are the Afghans? At History News Network, 9/20/01. [1000 words] (Reprinted in St Louis Post-Dispatch 9/30/01 as “Nation Is Home to Afghans, Mujahedeen, Taliban, Afghan-Arabs, to Name a Few”.) (Republished: Roberto Gonzalez (ed), Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power. 2004. Austin: University of Texas.)
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2003. Symbol and Sentiment in Motivated Action. Tom Headland, Mary Ruth Wise and Ruth Brend (eds.), Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike. Dallas: SIL International.
2004. Commentary on Jamil Hanafi’s Review. American Anthropologist. Vol 106(4): 786.
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2007. Comment on an article by Nigel Rapport, Current Anthropology 48(2): 269-270.
2007. Recollections of a Hazara wedding in the 1930s. In: Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca (ed.), Every Life in Central Asia. Bloomington: Indiana University. pp. 45-57.
2007. Trouble in Birgilich. In: Jeff Sahadeo and Russell Zanca (ed.), Everyday Life in Central Asia. Bloomington: IndianaUniversity. pp. 58-65.
2008a. “Affairs in Bamian during the reign of King Amanullah.” Conference on “The Establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and the Development of Modern Diplomacy: The Influence of Mahmoud Tarzi and Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi.” Kabul: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2008 Fraternity, Power, and Time in Central Asia. In: The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan, edited by Robert Crews and Amin Tarzi. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
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2018. (With Fahim Mahsoud). Anticipating Discontinuous Change: Afghanistan in Retrospect and Prospect. In: Nazif M. Shahrani (Ed.), The Impact of 40 Years of War. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
[Draft] Images Received: The Holy Struggle in a Muslim Note Book.
2019. Walking Blind and Other Essays. Clayshire Press.