Afghani and Pakistani Pashtuns

[Son of Mountains]

Zama meena Pashto da para
kho now we have lost Pashto from our family unfortunately and live in Punjab, but the fact is we love Pashto and Pashtuns of afghankhwa and pashtunkhwa. There r some extremists, i know some of them, but just forget them. Unity is power. Pashtuns must b united now as its need of time to combat all those anti forces that r destroying our lands of both sides.
Pa Meena

[Dinosaur Khan]

Afghanistan and Pakistan are twin brothers.

[Master Khan]

I love my Afghan brothers and Sisters, only ignorant Afghani and Pakistani pashtuns will hate each other.

[tor_khan]

Also another factor is the pashtun majority in Afghanistan, when you're in majority you tend to project your cultural influence upon other cultures more so in effect you retain your own culture. In pakistan no one ethnicity is in majority so they tend to influence eachother, and they can only do that by becoming part of the mainstream society..its like a hybrid model

Correction.

Pakistan is a de facto Urduised Panjabee Muslim state.

[Talal]

Correction.

Pakistan is a de facto Urduised Panjabee Muslim state.

correction

thats your personal view, de facto needs facts of which you have none

[Master Khan]

well about 44.15% of Pakistan speak Punjabi and Pashto is spoken by about 15% of the total population.

[Talal]

well about 44.15% of Pakistan speak Punjabi and Pashto is spoken by about 15% of the total population.

thats because 56% of Pakistan's population is in punjab, you cant expect them to know pashto.. but does having a bigger population warrant being ragged on ?

PML-N had 20% votes whereas PPP had 30%, still they allowed PPP to take charge without any hesitation, does this sound like a "punjabiesed" country ?..where 56% of the population let a complete idiot from karachi get sworn just because they didnt want any discord among provinces

[SwatiTheBrave1]

well about 44.15% of Pakistan speak Punjabi and Pashto is spoken by about 15% of the total population.

You've got a point there bro, but still, Pakistan has the largest Pashtun population than any other country in Asia.

[Master Khan]

You've got a point there bro, but still, Pakistan has the largest Pashtun population than any other country in Asia.

But we a small community in that country because our population is about 28,000,000 out of 180,000,000. Afghanistan is the main spot for pashtuns

[SwatiTheBrave1]

^ya but 6 million of those are Afghanistan nationals and Afghan Pastuns enjoy a far better political status in Afghanistan as compared to Pakistan.

Afghan Pashtuns need to help and support Pakistani Pashtuns to enjoy a better status in PAKISTAN.


In Afghanistan Pashtuns are political elite.

Afghanistan pretty much means land of pashtuns.



since all pashtuns are ethnic afghans.

Pashto is the national language in Afghanistan
All the presidens been Pashtun.
The anthem is in Pashto

What makes you think that?

[Roshina]

It's all about the image of the land. Long long times ago, when Kabul/Afghanistan was in great shape, no one hated it. Long long times ago, when the Arabs were geniuses, everyone who could speak Arabic wanted to call her/himself Arab.

Now, they go, "Well, ORIGINALLY, we weren't Arabs; it's only that when the Arabic language was forced on us, we became 'Arabs' -- but, really, we're not. We just speak the language and have their religion; the resta the stuff, we have our own."

That's because of the image of the Arab world today in the international world.

Similarly, now that Afghanistan lies in ruins and the only image we have of it is women in burqas, unable to read and write and speak for themselves, poor little children running around bare and half naked, drowning in poverty, the Pashtuns in Pakistan who are well off *don't* wanna be associated with them. Something makes them selfishly believe that a boundary on a map has enough power to separate their blood ties as well.

So, I tell you, if Afghanistan was in a healthier condition, the Pashtuns of Pakistan would probably even want to RE-JOIN Afghanistan, their native homeland.

[tor_khan]

Correction.

Pakistan is a de facto Urduised Panjabee Muslim state.

correction

thats your personal view, de facto needs facts of which you have none

well about 44.15% of Pakistan speak Punjabi and Pashto is spoken by about 15% of the total population.

Thank you Master Khan!

[shinwari]

o.e thing I love about Punjabis from Pakistan is that they have never imposed their culture nand language on us.

[tor_khan]

o.e thing I love about Punjabis from Pakistan is that they have never imposed their culture nand language on us.

Erm ... ??

No, but the Hindustani Mohajirs have tried their best !!!!

[tor_khan]

^and have been successful.

The shame of it.