Pashto Map

[Dawezai]

Dawezai, I am starting to think many of those maps were created by ordinary Forum members of various communities. I don't think it would hurt if we create our own version of the map. It could sort of serve as an unofficial linguistic map.

Yes, it's making a good sense. If others are drawing ethnic maps, we better give it a try as well.

Now Dawezai, I am against the planning of a census right now in Afghanistan. It will hurt us.

I couldn't agree more.

[Admin Khan]

Do you perhaps have any good information on where we could begin by finding linguistic information about provinces? I really think we should give this project a go.

[eyeliner]

^ we should make our own map then.

[Master Khan]

Well swabi is all pashtun no doubt about that.
I never seen a punjabi in Swabi.

[amna.]

we should all report our statistics.

[Master Khan]

[Master Khan]

I second master khan.

Swabi is 100% yousafzai strong hold.

We could develop some map on the basis of location of pashtun tribes.

Yep Swabi is 100% pashtuns , If they see a punjabie there he mind get robbed or insulted lol.

[Admin Khan]

We should gather provincial linguistic statistics first. I hope we can proceed with this.

[Master Khan]

Well Swabi and west of Pakhtunkhwa is all Pashtuns..not so sure about Haripur
Naraan is not pashto(probably half of it)..Been there.
probably half of Muree is pashtun aswell...I didn't see alot of pashtuns in muree thought...mostly punjabies.

[Master Khan]

I wish to see all educated members participate

its about being Educated but if you travel trough these areas then you should about the people living there...e.g. I think Naran is not really a pashtun area.

I think Mainwali is half pashtun.

[Nick]

But Nick if we create our own it would at least be more accurate.

Reasonable

But Again the source?

Well here is one map which I support I mean compare to what's out there this is not bad, LOL I made some Guffy Changes please forgive me but I am not as talented as I should be.

[Admin Khan]

Nick,
I think we can take that map of yours and further improve it. We can also add an explanation for most of our steps taken in that map. For example, you said Tajiks are hardly 1 percent, we should add why we made it 1 percent etc.

I think it would be a nice project. What do you say?

[Nick]

We should gather provincial linguistic statistics first. I hope we can proceed with this.

Dear Admin Karzai gave the assignment to Iran and it should be out in 2012 hopefully Iranian can up with something good. But I still think they would be continuously use Russian demographical incites such as Pashtun vs Tajik vs Uzbek vs Kazak vs Hazara.

So far there are other NGOs which have been working in Afghanistan and side along the ground army and few useful data has came out which defends Jinkay's point -->http://www.pashtunforums.com/93500-post10.html
BTW dear Dear Jinkay according to most of those maps your Ghazni is not even Dari speaking but rather something "Non-Afghan". Have we forgotten that Ghalzai were the dominated tribe of Ghazni?

[Nick]

Nick,
I think we can take that map of yours and further improve it. We can also add an explanation for most of our steps taken in that map. For example, you said Tajiks are hardly 1 percent, we should add why we made it 1 percent etc.

I think it would be a nice project. What do you say?

Well Actually you can use initial Russian Data as well as late 1980s Afghan Data which proves my point also taking look at historical Real Tajikistani migration data which is available in Russian, and also in UN related links, and being in Tajikistan for 4 year, I fully know and speak Russian. SO Hey I am here to translate if you find some Info which I am looking for, you can post it and I will translate it. The Info that I am looking for for example one is based in Norwegian library, Switzerland etc. SO hey find some Afghans living there and get your hands in true documents. Also I am here in Toronto, I can easily get my hands at Carnegie library and Metro Hall library.


The Problem is, the sources which I am looking for are located in northern Europe and hard to fine ones in Russia. LOL Good Luck!

[Nick]

Nick I don't trust Iran with this.

Iran thinks we are a lost province of Iran. They will on purpose makit seem like Dari is more dominant since they want us under there influence.

I know Iran also has influenced us to use the word "Iranic" lol Remember IRAN.IC So what shell we do? Also Pakistan is training 200 Afghanistan's commandos? so What shell we do? Karzai is a lost Loser! I wish him a Death and Hell but Hey we have no choice.