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[Manzareh]

Yes it is. But there's a difference between knowing the terrain for centuries and conquering it for 10 years. If you're telling me that geographical features had no role to play in adding to the resistance of Pashtun populations, you got to be kidding me.

And we are comparing mountains with plains. Anybody well versed with military tactics will tell you which is easier to defend.

Again, I am not taking anything away from the fighting nature and courage of the Pashtuns. Hardly anybody matches them.

Pashtuns have proven themselves in flat terrains and arranged wars on plenty of occasions, mountinous terrain is an advantage when your on the defensive, however if your on the offensive as The Battle of Gulnabad (50,000 Persians Vs 20,000 Pashtuns) or the third battle of Panipat which was fought on a 12 kilometre long battle field etc then you cant really say it was the terrain. remember in those days it was face to face combat and hardly any guerrilla warfare which uses the terrain to an advantage, even when the Mughal king in 1672 sent 30,000 to attack the Safi tribe they could have easily been beaten using pockets, traps and waves but instead were confronted face to face on flat land and destroyed with only 4 people surviving.

[KhalsaWarrior]

Pashtuns have proven themselves in flat terrains and arranged wars on plenty of occasions, mountinous terrain is an advantage when your on the defensive, however if your on the offensive as The Battle of Gulnabad (50,000 Persians Vs 20,000 Pashtuns) or the third battle of Panipat which was fought on a 12 kilometre long battle field etc then you cant really say it was the terrain. remember in those days it was face to face combat and hardly any guerrilla warfare which uses the terrain to an advantage, even when the Mughal king in 1672 sent 30,000 to attack the Safi tribe they could have easily been beaten using pockets, traps and waves but instead were confronted face to face on flat land and destroyed with only 4 people surviving.

We were talking about defense, only. Thanks.

[KhalsaWarrior]

Pashtuns are not like taxi drivers that they have maps of the terrain in their head. Terrain knowledge is not difficult to obtain. Invading forces just need to scout the area and create maps.

My reply to you in the Aryan thread stands here as well.

What usually happens in warfare or used to happen, is that once an invading force occupied mountainous areas, they would set up hill forts that were more more difficult to overrun than forts on flat land.

Once an invading army has settled on flat land and built its fort, it is more easier to overrun if on flat land. So it should be easier to drive out invaders from flat lands than from mountainous ones.

You should really read more about military tactics and war history. I am sorry I don't have time to educate you. Maybe some other time.

[roadrunner]

We were talking about defense, only. Thanks.

No we weren't. We were talking about overall warrior nature which includes both offensive and defensive abilities.

[roadrunner]

My reply to you in the Aryan thread stands here as well.

You should really read more about military tactics and war history. I am sorry I don't have time to educate you. Maybe some other time.

Then I must be right.