Mutual trust - among various religious groups, ethnic factions and even within families - will be vital to the new Iraq.

It feels almost like Europe, with its ethnic factions.

He made a brave start by refusing to remain tied to any single political or ethnic faction, despite his organization background.

Many voters expressed vehement opposition to the idea of sharing power with other ethnic factions.

Twenty years of war have left Afghanistan so devastated that the only remaining basis for politics lies in ethnic and regional factions.

He hopes to exhibit the collection in Eastern Europe as an inspiration for better understanding among ethnic factions.

This was due to irreconcilable differences between various social, political, religious and ethnic factions.

If ethnic factions are largely concentrated in separate regions, would it make more sense for Iraq to split up?

"The intelligence accurately forecast the reactions of the ethnic and tribal factions in Iraq," he said.

This image helps to bind together India's ethnic, linguistic and religious factions.