Hindus of Afghanistan

[Maulik]

In which temple u r active now ? Do you fast in a holly sharvan month for god shiva

[Amir al Ghaznavi]

yes, it is a pashtun tribe of balochistan. I rememberd there are hindu temples in balochistan.

homay we are all over Lar aw Bar from Ghazni to Zhob

[Michin Khel]

homay we are all over Lar aw Bar from Ghazni to Zhob

Nearly every pashtun tribe has presence in afghanistan. Kakars are also in india.

But their main area is balochistan where they are heavily concentrated.

[Jana]

I will not allow anyone to take my Afghan identity from me.

I practice Pashtunwali. I speak Pashto. Am I any less Pashtun than you Muslims? tell me?

I respect whatever your choice of your faith is.

I am just wondering how can a Hindu be a Pukhtun???

I am still looking for an authentic final definition of Pukhtun. As far as we know we can be Pukhtuns by our bloodline not by our location.

[Shayesta]

^ Why don't you first explain how a Muslim can be a Pukhtoon? By the way, welcome back. Haven't seen you around in ages.

yes, you are a polytheist. Have you considered accepting Islam?

Tell me, does our identity as Pukhtoon exist longer or our believes as a Muslim? Exactly, some Pukhtoons have been Hindus since the existence of Hinduism, are you now saying they ain't 'Pukhtoon enough' because they didn't accept a religion which came much after their own religion and their own existence?

We even had temples in Kandahar. Kandahar was the most tolerant place in the world in my opinion. No one cared what you believed in.

Not just Kandaharis, all Afghans used to respect Hindus and especially Sikhs as they were one of the reasons why Afghanistan was flourishing so much decades back. Recently during my visit to Nangarhar I saw an area full of Sikh, though my mum used to say at least ten areas alone in Nangarhar used to be full of Sikhs. Unfortunately, that same number and same excitement in those Sikhs isn't alive any more. ;(

They are now respectful citizens of afghanstan (and are afghans) but they are not pashtuns. You have to be pashtun by blood in addition to speaking pashto.

Some things you will never get, will ya? Sikhism indeed came to Afghanistan few centuries ago, but existence of Hinduism is much older than that and nor can you decide whether they are Pukhtoons by blood or not!

[Shayesta]

Afghan Hindu wedding with a great Attan!

[Roshina]

I respect whatever your choice of your faith is.

I am just wondering how can a Hindu be a Pukhtun???

I am still looking for an authentic final definition of Pukhtun. As far as we know we can be Pukhtuns by our bloodline not by our location.

Right. Blood has nothing to do with location -- or with faith. So ... what do you mean by the following, guley:

I am just wondering how can a Hindu be a Pukhtun???

Does one have to be Muslim in order to be Pukhtun? The majority of Pashtuns may proclaim themselves as Muslims, but does that mean all SHOULD be Muslim?

[BehavedMaseed]

They should all convert to Pashtunism.

[Saifullah]

There might be non-muslim pashtuns around but this is my point as before! Even if i see a pashtun who is muslim but is a fool and deviant. That doesn't mean i automatically will hug him and say oh brother nice to see you, lets be best friends.

We should not limit ourselves to our tribe and that is why whoever is good we accept them and who is bad i do not accept them. Hindus are misguided as they believe in more than one God.

[BehavedMaseed]

Being Pashtun has nothing to do with ones Faith. I am sure there are millions of Pashtuns who proclaim they are Muslim but do opposite of what Islam tells them to do.

Pashtun is our race and Identity and is longer than the existance of Islam.

Greeks recorded our presence way before Islam was about. Those were I can say the Real Pashtuns as they were not as disunited as we are now.

Kind Regards

[Saifullah]

I agree pashtun is a race, so then why you confused? Why some people say you have to speak pashto to be pashtun, but if its a race then it has nothing to do with language but rather to do with genes and your family tree....

Either say one thing or the other. Make your minds up

[Saifullah]

If somebody dances and does attan, or if someone speaks pashto and follows pashtunwali, even though by family tree they are not pashtun, do u consider them pashtun???

[afghan]

good to see a kakar hindo, i have seen yusufzai hindos as well, who are proud of their afghan heritage. we are all one afghans doesnot matter what God you follow.

[afghan]

i wish our jewish afghan brothers would also come to contribute to this forum.

[afghan]

Thank you Afghan. do you have problem with my presence here? am I also part of this site just like muslom?

ofcourse not, you are much better pashtun than many muslim pashtuns. your posts are more positives, i believe you are a good human as well. we should all be united regardless of any faith.