What do you think?

[Dreamer]

today any old person claims they are of pashtun ancestry.... dnt knw why... maybe inferiority complex

[Iqra]

your use of smilies give me the clue lol

LOL ...

or maybe it's that special bond

after all I didn't walk around in Herat for no reason

[Lemar]

lol Yep both of them

[eyeliner]

lol, why do punjabi claim pashtun descent? its funny this girl was telling me that she's half pashtun anyways i was convinced she was punjabi and she was like no my grandad is from afg, but i find it really weird. Also ive heard a few people saying they are pakistani pathan<<i think their mean't to be different to the average pathans? does anyone know anything about that?Oh and i hate it when people use the word pathan!!

[Master Khan]

I saw this asian girl who had a black people hairstyle and probably had about 4 boyfriends already, my friend told her that i was pathan and shes goes "oh I am half pathan aswell but I can't speak pashto", I was like "oh alright" lol...she wasn't pashtun in my eyes.

[Zarawar]

I know a tons of Pakistanies and Indians, that go
"oh my grandparents came from Afghanistan"
Apparently, most of Afghanistan migrated to the present day Pakistan/India long time ago lol.

Not that there is anything wrong with being a Pakistan/Indian. But, I think the problem starts to kick in when you go around and claim something that has nothing to do with your culture, origin, genes, language and religion.

Also, if you cannot trace your lineage going back like 100 years. You are not considered to be an Afghan or Pashtun.

Because, i'm pretty sure if not all, most of us here can trace our lineages centuries back.

Manana

[Dreamer]

to my knoweldge there is a significant Lodhi Pashtun community in India but thats it

[Dreamer]

oh and niazi pashtuns are well known for their intermarriages with Punjabies...

[eyeliner]

I saw this asian girl who had a black people hairstyle and probably had about 4 boyfriends already, my friend told her that i was pathan and shes goes "oh I am half pathan aswell but I can't speak pashto", I was like "oh alright" lol...she wasn't pashtun in my eyes.

lol its kind of funny. Oh and i hate when people be like no your not pashtun your irani or whatever and your like no im not. No joke but they interrogate you.

[eyeliner]

dreamer...you live in b'ham.....have you ever come across someone who says there pakistani pathan, what exactly is that?

[Zarawar]

Dude there are these so called "pashtuns" in west?
Do you consider them pashtuns from 30 years from now?
When half of their women are either married to blacks or mexicans, their kids live a wannabe ghetto life and whatnot.
The same goes with the Pashtun or pakhtun or pathans if India.
Like mentioned before, you either have to speak the language or atleast follow "pashtunwali"
In their case, they dont follow either.

[Master Khan]

if there is no pashto within 60 years of your family then you are not pashtun in my eyes.

[Dreamer]

dreamer...you live in b'ham.....have you ever come across someone who says there pakistani pathan, what exactly is that?

Probably... most of my friends are non pashtun, i.e Bosnian and arabs so wouldnt knw since I dont mix with pashtuns much or punjabies but the punjabie friends I do have are cool

[Dreamer]

if there is no pashto within 60 years of your family then you are not pashtun in my eyes.

thank you oh Pope of Pashtuns for your judgement.... (note sarcasm)

[Master Khan]

Bosnian are really beautiful people mashallah.