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one of the biggest thing that stands in the way of Pashtun progress is these myth of invincibility in their heads
majority of Pashtuns are illiterate
I wish people would use google and research their history from mutual sources who are credible historians
credible historians provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to back their claims up
feels like reason Pashtuns are not advancing is cause their stuck living in the past
no one cares about the past its about the present and right now Pashtuns are some of the poorest illiterate people in the world
people are looking down on afghans as inferior cause of poverty and lack of education
but this myth culture is whats allowing Pashtuns to be used as puppets by countries like Pakistan and holding Afghanistan back
time for reality check so Pashtuns will start looking to the future and forget about sitting their feeling invincible
Pashtun culture needs changing
to crack this invincibility myth lets start with british imperial rule over Afghanistan
FIRST ANGLO AFGHAN WAR
purpose of the british invading was to protect their economic interests in india from the Russians by using Afghanistan as a barrier
british east indian company was a private company with a mercenary army which 96% of Indians made up
first anglo afghan war the british won every battle
the mercenaries used were Bengali muslims
the british won every battle
but cause of high afghan poverty the british east india company was losing money to govern Afghanistan
purpose of business is to make profits so they had massive budget cuts and left about 4 000 Bengali muslim mercenary soldiers along with 500 british administrators and 12 000 wives children
old Pashtun administrators who were over thrown by the british saw this as an opportunity to return
led to a full fledged Pashtun rebellion an do to budget cuts the british east india company was brutally out numbered in Afghanistan and tried making a treaty to get a peaceful way out of Afghanistan but instead they were attacked from all sides
shuja shah the british puppet used to rule Afghanistan was over thrown an
4000 Bengali muslim soldiers were killed
500 English soldiers and administrators were killed
12 000 wives an children murdered
this battle was called the retreat of Kabul
Pashtun myth is that this was some underdog victory which is wrong
Pashtun myth is that 16 000 british soldiers were wiped out in single battle which is wrong
4000 Bengali soldiers plus 500 british soldiers and administrators
second british afghan war
british returned but this time british govt and they were not going to make the same mistakes as british east india company and they wanted to use Afghanistan as a barrier between Russia and india
the country was extremely poor and the british would lose money an make no profit so the lesson they learned was don't try to rule an lose money but
rather keep the current afghan king but make him a slave to the british putting Afghanistan under imperial rule
second afghan anglo war the british used mercenary soldiers which consisted mostly of Sikhs and gurkhas and won every battle accept for battle of Maiwand were one tactical error put 2 500 british mercenary soldiers up against 25 000 afghan soldiers
after the defeat the afghan king agreed to be englands puppet and England got to control all of Afghanistan's foreign policies to keep Russia away from india and including controlling trade in Afghanistan and using Afghanistan as a highway for trade
third war
third anglo afghan war the Russian govt was over thrown Russia was no longer a threat and world war 1 just ended and the british army lost heavy so the afghans thought perfect time to rebel
what happened was Afghanistan lost every battle to the british east indian army which consisted mostly of indian mercenary soldiers mostly gorkhas n Sikhs
but cause Russia was not an issue anymore Afghanistan was seen as time waste and the british let go of their hold
as well almost 2/5th of india was considered to poor to rule and they set up puppet govt's like they did in Afghanistan hence why india had over 500 royal families at the time of independence all of which were puppets to the british by allowing the british to control their foreign policies and trade
majority of Pashtuns are illiterate
I wish people would use google and research their history from mutual sources who are credible historians
credible historians provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to back their claims up
feels like reason Pashtuns are not advancing is cause their stuck living in the past
no one cares about the past its about the present and right now Pashtuns are some of the poorest illiterate people in the world
people are looking down on afghans as inferior cause of poverty and lack of education
but this myth culture is whats allowing Pashtuns to be used as puppets by countries like Pakistan and holding Afghanistan back
time for reality check so Pashtuns will start looking to the future and forget about sitting their feeling invincible
Pashtun culture needs changing
to crack this invincibility myth lets start with british imperial rule over Afghanistan
FIRST ANGLO AFGHAN WAR
purpose of the british invading was to protect their economic interests in india from the Russians by using Afghanistan as a barrier
british east indian company was a private company with a mercenary army which 96% of Indians made up
first anglo afghan war the british won every battle
the mercenaries used were Bengali muslims
the british won every battle
but cause of high afghan poverty the british east india company was losing money to govern Afghanistan
purpose of business is to make profits so they had massive budget cuts and left about 4 000 Bengali muslim mercenary soldiers along with 500 british administrators and 12 000 wives children
old Pashtun administrators who were over thrown by the british saw this as an opportunity to return
led to a full fledged Pashtun rebellion an do to budget cuts the british east india company was brutally out numbered in Afghanistan and tried making a treaty to get a peaceful way out of Afghanistan but instead they were attacked from all sides
shuja shah the british puppet used to rule Afghanistan was over thrown an
4000 Bengali muslim soldiers were killed
500 English soldiers and administrators were killed
12 000 wives an children murdered
this battle was called the retreat of Kabul
Pashtun myth is that this was some underdog victory which is wrong
Pashtun myth is that 16 000 british soldiers were wiped out in single battle which is wrong
4000 Bengali soldiers plus 500 british soldiers and administrators
second british afghan war
british returned but this time british govt and they were not going to make the same mistakes as british east india company and they wanted to use Afghanistan as a barrier between Russia and india
the country was extremely poor and the british would lose money an make no profit so the lesson they learned was don't try to rule an lose money but
rather keep the current afghan king but make him a slave to the british putting Afghanistan under imperial rule
second afghan anglo war the british used mercenary soldiers which consisted mostly of Sikhs and gurkhas and won every battle accept for battle of Maiwand were one tactical error put 2 500 british mercenary soldiers up against 25 000 afghan soldiers
after the defeat the afghan king agreed to be englands puppet and England got to control all of Afghanistan's foreign policies to keep Russia away from india and including controlling trade in Afghanistan and using Afghanistan as a highway for trade
third war
third anglo afghan war the Russian govt was over thrown Russia was no longer a threat and world war 1 just ended and the british army lost heavy so the afghans thought perfect time to rebel
what happened was Afghanistan lost every battle to the british east indian army which consisted mostly of indian mercenary soldiers mostly gorkhas n Sikhs
but cause Russia was not an issue anymore Afghanistan was seen as time waste and the british let go of their hold
as well almost 2/5th of india was considered to poor to rule and they set up puppet govt's like they did in Afghanistan hence why india had over 500 royal families at the time of independence all of which were puppets to the british by allowing the british to control their foreign policies and trade
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