Salaams,
I hope you guys don't mind letting me join the party...afterall I have been absent, for like what months...
Anyways The Pathans, have suffered from time to time. Do you actually think Abdul Gaffar Khan was really sensible? Protesting in the thousands aganist the British, even though the British shot at the protesters. Absolutely shameful... ( yes, I am partly Pathan).
Or what about the Sultanate of Afghanistan? What about the time when the British did something with the Durrand Line? I hope we all remember that! That basically divided the Pathan's land.
Now when I think of it...Trying to create a separate Pathan state today, would weaken both Afghanistan and Pakistan unnecessarily. Instead Uniting both Pakistan & Afghanistan would be better, however due to the current situation and silly leaders we have had in the past...I'm not sure if that will happen in the "Near-Future."
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About having friendlier relations with India... is ultimately for the region's benefit. However with Issues such as Kashmir & Rann of Kutch... I doubt if there will be any success.
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Mr. Ataturk... did not revolutionize his country correctly...according to a Muslim Perpective. He abolished the Caliphate, which was unecessary, he could have kept a constitutional monarchy just like Britain...He only did so because he wanted to bow down to the Secular world. The Ottoman Caliphate had banned Alcohol, and was the only country in the world to bann the production and Importation of Tobacco into the country.
Obviously Musharraf is a Secularist, just like Ataturk... However we need to be in power only for stability... We need a new Presidential Candidate. Benazir & Nawaz are corrupt while Musharaaf is a Puppet...