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you guys have to read old poems by khushal khan khattak
he said several pashtuns disagreed with his idea of a Pashtun state way back in the 1600's. Those same pashtuns in the 1600's sided with the mughal army and served the mughals
so this is not simply 70 years old. The idea of Pashtuns going against Pashtunsitan is actually 400 years old, not 70 years old . Stop thinking that this was because of Pakistan's creation. The resentment of a Pashtun state was inside the Pashtuns long before Pakistan was even created or even thought of. Pakistani Gul Khan pashtuns are the legacy of that. I mean, Khushal Khan Khattak had to deal with "Gul Khans" of his own time. Gul Khans existed long before Pakistan. Who were they Gul Khans to ? The Mughal Empire. Then they became Gul Khans to the Sikhs. Then to the british then to pakistan.
you think most Pashtuns were happy when the Durranis, Barazakzais and Hotakis were ruling them? Not the tribes that had feuds with the ruling family. Oh great a Pashtunistan is created, but it's run by the tribe we are enemies with ! We'd rather be with white british folks, Shia muslim Azeri Turks, Tajiks of Khorasan, Monglians, Alexander the Greek/Macedonian and black punjabis instead of these Pashtun goons who we have tribal conflict with .
also, the Ghilzai vs Abdali division become Pashtuns, when Hotaki pashtuns disliked Abdali Pashtuns. that feud had started 300 years ago roughly.
inter-triibal hatred of Pashtuns was the long reality. Taliban came, nothign changed, the same bloodshed and tears of the lost tribe of israel. The Pashtunistan concept isn't simple.
Pashtunsitan was far from reality.
How do we know Pashto is 5000 years old ? 5000 years ago, we were rig-vedic people, iranian language family didn't exist that time and pashto is classified as east iranian...
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