A section of population in Afghanistan holds Pakistan wholly responsible for the destruction of Afghanistan since the days of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Others have never accepted Pakistan as state and would like to eliminate it at the first available opportunity. They have claims on Pashtun areas of Pakistan despite the fact that minus […]
PTM – an opportunity for rule of law in Pakistan: Part-I
It was like a dream come true-the coming into being of PTM (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement) about a year ago. Long and painful suffering in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, especially in its western districts (formally known as FATA) got a collective, articulate voice in PTM. The circle of fear-that had forced people to silently suffer atrocities- was broken and […]
Some reflections on Pashtun nationalism from Afghanistan
Lar and Bar is once again the topic of political discourses coming from Afghanistan. Lar (afar) means Pashtun in Pakistan and Bar (highland) means Pashtun in Afghanistan. The discourses point to one direction: the ultimate destiny of the Lar & Bar is unification in one state to be built on the ashes of the state […]