Originally posted by haviZsultan
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Originally posted by haviZsultan
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Originally posted by haviZsultan
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Originally posted by haviZsultan
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Originally posted by haviZsultan
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Looking over your past posts, it seems to be a common theme.
Abdur Rahman Khan was as much your king as he was ours.
Many of the leaders of the resistance against the British were murdered by him (i.e. Mad Jan Khan). He did not have popular support among the Afghan tribes who had so vehemently opposed the British forces. As a result, to consolidate power, he had to kill those tribal leaders, displace unruly tribes and promote the traitors. In that regard, he was a very effective ruler considering what he had to work with (two super powers at the borders), and the results of that rule can be seen in the consolidation of modern Afghanistan including the conquering of Hazarajat, Herat, Kafiristan etc.
What this means is that it was not the Lar Pashtuns who 'sold the bar Pashtuns'. It was Abdur Rahman Khan & his administration. You make the Lar Pashtuns sound like cowards with your tone as part of your agenda to establish this divide among the Pashtuns on either side of the border.
It was not the will of the lar Pashtuns to sell the land of the bar Pashtuns to the British. Get that into your head. There was no elected government that ruled with the peoples' mandate. So stop insulting my ancestors by claiming that they sold thier brothers "just to save their own skin".
You said "Anyone who reads history..." when it is evident that you have not done so. Let me school you with the knowledge I have of my own peoples.
I come from the Wardag tribe. It is located in Central Afghanistan. It is a part of the Karlanri federation. Much of Sher Ali's army consisted of Wardags. Wardags spearheaded many of the operations against the British including the seige of Kabul and were a strong presence in most of the battles including Maiwand. Wardags are Lar Pashtuns. They made many sacrafices against the British and supported kings like Ayub Khan who fought against the invaders. Hence, when the British installed a loyal puppet in order to leave the Afghan quagmire, there was no love lost between your average Wardag and the aforementioned puppet. Especially when the Wardag tribal chiefs (who had popular support among Pashtuns...even the Bar Pashtuns....i.e. Ghazi Shaheed General Mohammad Jan Khan Wardag who was the first person in history to be elected as general or 'ghatmushr' by the rank & file of the army) who were instrumental in the defence against the British were assassinated by him. When the treaty to officially partition Afghanistan was signed, the Wardags did not support it. Average Wardags, just like other average Lar Pukhtuns & Bar Pukhtuns were not consulted.
Abdur Rahmand Khan was not called the 'Iron Amir' for nothing. He quelled the rebellions throughout the country and effectively silenced the opposition (most of whom were involved in the fight against the British) while consolidating his own rule.
Bar Pashtuns are not cattle to be bought and sold. They are a proud warrior peoples, just like their Lar counterparts. You, in your posts, make them seem vulnerable and helpess when infact they were in the same position (in terms of their opposition to the treaties and the new ruler) as their Lar brothers.
I am not even a nationalist - I couldn't care less whether you love pakistan or hate it. That's your business and it does not concern me at all. What does concern me is when you (who no-one can be sure is even a Pashtun) would dare to insult my ancestors as being cowards 'selling Bar Pashtuns just to save their own skin' and calling them the 'real slaves of the British' when they fought so strongly against the British and opposed Abdur Rahman Khan.
You intellectual dishonesty is undignified & unbecoming.
Originally posted by pashtun_rise
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.Better you get this into mind...pashtun tribes were autonomous too..those tribes of that time never liked the oppression of durrani tribe as well.Try to ask your grandparents about that.
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Man! i dont ignore the facts that they might have helped you...but they were the ones alongwith pak govt to create mess in afghanistan too...Pak govt has its reaction against the so called bomb attack in 1980's by insurgents CREATED by russians in afghanistan (WAD and KHAD intelligent agencies of afghanistan in coalition with russian KGB).The insuregents were few...but they did got reaction later on in the form of pak's interference...What has your people done to pashtuns? Lets not try to point fingers on pashtuns....try to look for future....and come out of this racism thing...it ll leave you of nowhere.There is a difference b/w ethnic pride and racism...i consider you as a brother ...so do all pashtuns...think!
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