pashtuns in north-afghanistan

[afgpower]

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[graveyardofempires]

North,south,east west Afghanistan all inhabited by Pashtuns.

[ScimitarXEdge]

The prior rulers of Afghanistan like Amir Abdur Rahman, had a policy of forcefully migrated rebellious tribes to the North to break down their power base in the South, hence you have a lot of Pashtuns up North.

[بصير]

Most Pashtuns in Northern provinces migrated there during Abdul Rahman Khans era, he moved rebellious tribes as Scimitar mentioned to fertile lands in the North. Western Afghanistan, however, if Im not mistaken, has historically been an Abdali stronghold?

[ScimitarXEdge]

well Abdalis are from the Herat region if that is what you meant

[afgpower]

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[ScimitarXEdge]

it depends, lots of them still speak Pashto, but some have lost Pashto.

[afgpower]

in whole afghanistan pashto is a subject on school so how can they lose their own language:s

[بصير]

I do remember reading somewhere that Kandahar region was historically a Ghilzai stronghold and the west (Herat region) an Abdali stronghold but when Nader Shah invaded Kandahar he expelled the Ghilzai and moved the Abdali there instead, Im not quite sure of the veracity of that tough.

so does anyone also knows is they still speak pashto or are they just farsi-speaking pashtuns? i think they do speak pashto cause i once saw a documentary about kundus and these kids only spoke pashto

It probably depends on the place, Pashtuns where surrounded by Farsiwan are more likely to adopt Farsi I think. I know a Pashtun family from Mazar (well the mother is Farsiwan) and they speak Farsi amongst themselves. In Kunduz the Pashtun population is concentrated so they dont get absorbed by Farsiwan.

Likewise in Kandahar there is a significant Tajik minority but since they are surrounded by Pashtuns theyve been absorbed by Pashtuns linguistically atleast and dont speak Farsi anymore.

[ScimitarXEdge]

Ghilzais moved from Qandahar to Zabul, Ghazni, Wardak and so on.

my family originated from Qandahar but we now inhabit Ghazni and Zabul

[torkham]

i know a few families in dubai who come from baghlan, they are bilingual, however their youngsters speak farsi better

[afgpower]

why is it when kids are bilingual they always know farsi better. i know some family their dad is pashton and the kids spean NO SINGLE WORD pashto. what a beghairat person can you be if you forget your own language so. how can people call their selve pashtuns if they dont speak pashto. you cant be then

[torkham]

i think the majority language (eg English in UK. SA, Australia and North America) and culture has such a powerful influence on people that it dominates. Farsi spoken by jawan in shamal afghanistan is no exception.

Hard to blame the youngster, as they grow up, their reason/passion/awakening for learning Pashto take time to develop, and during that time they have become better in Farsi. Later on this person realises he is being called beghairat.

The parents have to speak pashto at home strictly and expect children reply in pashto, for Pashtun expats.

[AFG21]

In Afghanistan you hear more farsi on tv than pashto ......

[afgpower]

thats such a shame its because pashtuns dont do enough for their language. these tadjiks want that all pashtuns speak only farsi