Tribal Liaison office was founded in December 2003, opening offices in Khost, Paktia, Paktika and Kabul by February 2004.

TLO is an Afghan non governmental, non political and non profit organization working in the fields of peace and security initiatives in Southeast provinces of Afghanistan .

The mission of the TLO is to facilitate the formal integration of communities and their traditional governance structures with Afghanistan 's governance, security and reconstruction framework. The TLO works in the Southeast to generate formal linkages between peaceful tribal elders, shuras, the government and the international community.

TLO is currently operational in five provinces with headquarters in Kabul and field offices in Paktia, Khost and Paktika

TLO's activities revolve around four types of activities: 1) research and advocacy, 2) capacity building of the communities, peaceful leaders and the traditional governance structures, 3) coordination among all actors in reconstruction, and 4) facilitating reconstruction efforts.