The Federal Government has imposed a ban on the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), citing threats to peace and security of the country. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior, the ...
The word “Afghan” comes from “Pashtun,” and “stan” means “land.” Therefore, Afghanistan is often referred to as the “Land of the Pashtuns.” In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani unified ...
And, Kabul claims Pakistan’s Pashtun territories near the border. The problem with international boundaries in conflict zones is that they are not red lines inscribed on stone. After all ...
Yet, in Afghanistan, the Durand Line has become an emotive issue because it divides Pashtuns on the two sides of the border. The Taliban government in the 1990s did not endorse the Durand Line ...
Khan's heartland is in the ethnic Pashtun belt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which shares close cultural and linguistic ties with Afghan Pashtuns. Muhammad Khan, an Afghan community leader in Islamabad ...