I hate Pashtun Urban Culture and Attitude

[Gandapur ba manay]

da dgha PASHTOON na yo kas ham na kara re gi......Pashtoon iss the most brave nation.okkkk

[haviZsultan]

As salaamu aleikoum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Something that really frustrates me is the Urban culture of Kabulis and Peshawarites.

They tend to behave like really annoyiing people. Since I am from Kabul I happen to know quite allot about Urban Pashtuns.

First of all, the consider being secular as superior to being religious. They consider not praying 5 times a day as a virtue. You will see them rarely tend towards religion like rural Pashtuns do.

If you adhere to your religious morals and ethics, they tend to ridicule you and make fun of your beard, or the habit of wearing traditional clothes at social gatherings.

They often make stupid jokes about you not shaving your beard or they comment about women who appear in full veil.

Most of them are unable to say a single Pashto sentence withot mixing other languages with it.

The Kabuls can't count in Pashto. They say yak du seh char panj shash...etc. If you say woh awya, they look at you as if you spoke to them in Chinese. They don't know what a Pinzagoon is. They think it is a tribes name.

And the Peshawarite "Pathans" are even worse. They can't detach themselves from Urdu and terr derr Angreji.

All Urban Pashtuns dance like Persians and Punjabis. To them Pashtun traditional Attan is like a circus show. They look at it like they see a lion walking on its tail or something.

Yet, they speak very high of themselves. A normal average clerk from Kabul thinks he is better than a rural doctor or an engineer. If they see you dressed in traditional clothes and not in a suite and tie, they assume you are not educated.

This is why I don't like to be an Urban Pashtun. Even though I was born and raised in the city, I've never felt at home with urban types.

They are so fake and shallow. And they don't have deep natural sentiments like the typical high spirited robust Pashtuns have.

Some of my close relatives call me "Kaliwal Saheb". I consider that as a compliment.

I guess there has always been differences between Urban and Rural Pashtuns. Theres also a huge difference I've noticed particularly noticed between the Karachi Pakhtoons and others. (I'm a Karachite) I admit Karachi Pashtuns know less about their culture and their background I guess.

However I have never seen Urban Pashtuns abuse Rural Pashtuns or look down on them.

About the praying 5 times a day. Well to each his own. Its his choice if he prays 5 times a day. And I for one support Secularism for the benefits it gives in society. I have an article on it too.

[Waleed]

Exactly!!! my mom was raised in kabul but pple in kabul think they r better than everyone. the ones that r pashtun talk hella smack bout pashtuns and pashto. they think they r "elite" and that real traditional and religious pashtuns (or tajiks, uzbeks, etc. for that matter) r backward. its so annoying

[IamDZJ]

the majority pashtuns in this forum are racist which makes them ignorant. ignorance is a sign of backwardness.

[Midnight_Sun]

DZJ hit the nail on the head. Some here focus too much on what makes people different.

So you now identify yourself as a rural Pashtun Shamlawar? Whatever floats your boat, just don't judge everybody by thinking we all should be this way, or that all of our experiences are anywhere similar to yours.

[Michin Khel]

I dont know about kabul or other cities, but peshawer stinks of fraud, deception and moral corruption. Even a bearded man in peshawer is number one 'kuni' and fraud, nowhere else you would observe this. In peshawer if you want to find an honest shopkeeper then it would be a sikh, not a muslim pashtun.

[Khostai]

no its the fault of Pakistan, everything rots there, no matter how good you are eventualy you will become a bitch like yourself Luffy.

[Michin Khel]

no its the fault of Pakistan, everything rots there, no matter how good you are eventualy you will become a bitch like yourself Luffy.

I dont agree with you. Forexample pakistan is not responsible for procreating you tukham e haram.

[Khostai]

^Your still the bitch here, Pakistan have rotten you to the core.

[Michin Khel]

^Your still the bitch here, Pakistan have rotten you to the core.

And what has belgium done to you?. Belmaza

[Khostai]

^typical anwer from a rotten person
go make some dhaal LOL

[Michin Khel]

^typical anwer from a rotten person
go make some dhaal LOL

Dhaal is better than your alchol.

[Khostai]

ow so you have experience huh?
If you say so, rotten alcoholic bitch wuahahah

[RevolutionThroughReason]

ow so you have experience huh?
If you say so, rotten alcoholic bitch wuahahah

do you have some experience eating dhal?

[Khostai]

do you have some experience eating dhal?

he said that alcohol is worser than dhal so he must have tastet both and know how it tastes, and abviously he is alcoholic so thats way he talking about that.