When the front line around Mazar-i-Sharif burst under relentless U.S. bombing, the retreating Taliban fighters knew there was only one option: to run fast and far. Retreating into Mazar-i-Sharif’s ...

These facts all reflect the severe crisis of Pashtun nationalism in the region. Finding no common ethnic ground, Shia and Sunni Pashtuns remain open to exploitation by various local and foreign actors ...

All Pashtuns claim to be descendants of four persons: Sarban, Batan, Ghorghust, and Karlani, all sons of Abu Qais. During the time of King Amanullah, Afghans were described as of Aryan origin, and ...

Tens of thousands of ethnic Pashtuns attended the beginning of a three-day Jirga or grand assembly on October 11 near Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. The meeting was called by the nonviolent PTM, or ...

QUETTA, Pakistan -- There is a place where Afghans who back the rebel Northern Alliance live in peace, if not exactly harmony, with countrymen who are ardent supporters of the Taliban regime. That ...

GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN -- The Afghans call it "tribalism," as if it is somewhat noble in its purpose; as if it's akin to "patriotism" on a smaller scale. Certainly it sounds better than calling it what ...

In an interview with ANI, the activist claimed that the areas populated by Pashtuns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being utilised as a "laboratory" by the Pakistani military to test various weapons, ...