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    Afghanistan struggles to recruit soldiers. But it has more generals than the US, whose military is 3

    And they are very republican even in their army, soldiers do not saluate their "Kumandaan" and sit on the same sofa with their officers and talk casually with them as if two "Kiliwalan" are talking with each other. And the respect given to "Kumandaan" was nothing more than the type you give to a...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Pashto was taught to us in School (it is compulsory up to fifth grade in government schools). I learned reading/writing it in school of my village. But it is not taught in private schools which nowadays have overshadowed government schools. There were 'maktabs' in old times where kids would...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Yes i can read and write Pashto My knowledge of history comes from books in three languages, English, Pashto and Urdu
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    I already sensed that you were simply trolling, i should not have wasted my precious time . I dont have time for entertaining trolls, welcome to my ignore list
  5. Braith

    History of Pashtuns-Updates And Discussions

    Peshawar, bazar scene, 1919.
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Whats to reveal? You are a newbie, senior members here know very well about me. I am member of this forum since 2010 and a very recognizable voice of Pashtuns here......Yes i am more or less a Pashtun nationalist though not affiliated with ANP or PMAP or any leftist ideology
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Whats to argue? Pashtun = Afghan is a fact. Its you who is in denial even though facts and historical evidences have been presented to you. Reconcile yourself to the facts, "Gul Khana"
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    You were saying that a word like Afghanistan should not grace Pakistan......i reminded you that this word has already graced the soil of present-day Pakistan a very long time ago Awghan is not Iranian/Persian word ........its Pathan word which is alien and derogatory
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    A mamlikat by name of Afghanistan existed in 13th century and its capital was Mastung which is a district of modern days Pakistan.
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    There is some error in the forum. I quote some one , but some else gets quoted.....it has happened few times
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Nothing wrong with that demand. Afghans (i.e Pashtuns) have imposed their identity on Tajiks and others while historically word Afghanistan has been used only for Pashtun belt that is Pakhtunkhwa or Roh..... Tajiks are the closest people to Pashtuns in South-Central Asia, not only they are...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Mention of Abgan name in Sassanian inscription is a fact, but the rest is not established fact, just opinion of Iranica. Afghans have served in the courts of various Iranian dynasties or have been under the rule of Iranian dynasties so it should not be surprising that Afghan is getting mentioned...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Afghan is not a Persian word, the original word is Awghan and its a native word. In the old texts of India the word has been written as "Avagana ", which proves that its not a term coined in Iran/Persia. Hsuen Tsang, in 629 A.D, refers to the Afghans north-east of Ghazni in its chinese form "...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    "A" or "Alif" in word Pakistan stands for 'Afghania' , a new term coined by Chauhdri Rahmat Ali for NWFP on the pattern of 'Bartania' to distinguish it from the country Afghanistan but retaining the Afghan identity of the province. Pashtuns in literature and documents have been called Afghans...
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    Achakzai seeks new Afghania province from Afghan border to Attock, Mianwali

    Although it might appear unusual to all that Bacha Khan chose Jalalabad for burial, but thats not the case.Jalalabad is the ancestral place of Bacha Khan family. His great grandfather Obaidullah Khan Muhammadzai of Jalalabad developed some differences with Saddozai rulers and he was hanged...
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    Gunmen kill five female Afghan airport staff in Kandahar

    There are rogue elements within Taliban, younger ones who take the things to extreme and are far more fanatical then their older generation ......such elements within Taliban are the ones who are joining Daesh
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    Gunmen kill five female Afghan airport staff in Kandahar

    Definitely Taliban involved..........Sure Afghanistan has always been conservative and women working in Airports is frowned upon, but murdering them for that is some thing else......For example Job of air hostess is also considered not appropriate by Pashtun society of Pakistan but no one goes...
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    Gunmen kill five female Afghan airport staff in Kandahar

    Five female Afghan guards working in the airport in southern Kandahar were killed by unknown gunmen as they were on their way to work, security officials said on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks against women in Afghanistan. From bomb attacks to targeted or honor killings or domestic...
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