As the ancient kings of Afghanistan, the Pashtun today constitute nearly the full ranks of the Taliban while also holding a majority in the Afghan government. The war in Afghanistan is no simple ...

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The recently conducted targeted operations by the Pakistan military against the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan hideouts inside Afghanistan have put the spotlight back on the simmering tensions between ...

Zhwandoon TV is one of the few independent media outlets still operating under Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The private Pashto-language station has been forced to comply with severe restrictions ...

Pashtun armed resistance for their independence against the occupation of the Mughals by Khushal Khan Khatak and the British imperialist invasions and occupation of Afghan’s territory in united India ...

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 ...

What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...

Islamabad has repeatedly accused TTP of maintaining sanctuaries in Afghanistan and using them to plan or support attacks inside Pakistan.

The PTI is a national party, not simply a Pashtun nationalist movement. Yet when a party becomes the principal vehicle for a ...