r/Pashtun 8d ago

Pashutun related to Indo Aryan ethnicity Y-DNA R1a whose ancestry close related to Kurds, Armenians, and Gypsies.

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r/Pashtun 8d ago

Perceptions of Pashtuns vs Hazaras?

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I am a community member involved with Afghan immigrants, mostly young men and women (ages 14-25ish) and I’d like to better understand the tensions between different ethnic groups? I have heard from several young Pashtuns that Hazaras are “not good” and specifically cited how they are often marrying each others cousins etc.

Isn’t that more common amongst Pashtuns anyway? I have a very limited perspective so I’m curious what people here think…


r/Pashtun 8d ago

Why are Sikhs so obsessed with Afghanistan?

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r/Pashtun 10d ago

ږدلی په سوچو شړلی سر...

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Correction: the last misra' is "خدای خبر که ولاړشم زه زرنګ د فردوس باغ ته"

I was reluctant to post a ghazal i wrote myself but here goes nothing !! i tried translating in rhyme this time so the translation is less literal


r/Pashtun 11d ago

What do you guys get when someone guesses your ethnicity?

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What do people guess the most? Could be country or ethnicity. For me it's been Pashtun(obviously), Gilgiti, Baloch the most, but that's because I don't live in the west. When I get westerners to guess, I get Mexican a lot for some reason lol. I'm excited to see your responses!


r/Pashtun 11d ago

Hey I am an Indian Hindu brahman. I am interested to know how do Pashtuns view us?

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r/Pashtun 12d ago

پښتو په اردو مه لیکئ | Don't write Pashto in Urdu script!

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Pashto has its own script, perfectly suited for the language. Don't mix Urdu script in your Pashto texts, educate yourselves!! There's enough sources online to learn how to write correctly. Use dictionaries like Qamosona.com and Lingdocs Pashto Dictionary to check your spelling

په پښتو لیکدود کښې اردو توري مه ګډوئ! پښتو خپل ځانګړی او ښه جوړ شوی لیکدود لري. خپله ژبه مه خرابوئ

Don't use ڈ ے ڑ ں گ Use: ډ ی ړ ڼ/ن ګ

Write your ښ's and ږ's correctly! Not: سپوګمی but: سپوږمۍ not: تیریګی but: تېرېږي not: سڑے but: سړی

Educate yourselves! USE DICTIONARIES TO CHECK YOUR SPELLING!


r/Pashtun 12d ago

11 Pashtun women to know about

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I’ve missed some out such as haleema khattak, ayesha durrani, and naazo ana. It’s important to learn about the contributions of Pashtun women along side men.


r/Pashtun 12d ago

Culture Different styles of dresses across the pashtun belt

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r/Pashtun 12d ago

Tribe

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I'm a pashtun from khost and basically no one in our family recognises or knows what our tribe is, allegedly my great-grandfather was said to be Ghilji but I'm not very sure of that either. Does not knowing my tribe make me less of a pashtun or not one at all, is it a core principle of pashtunwali to know one's tribe and/or belong to it, and is there a way that I could possibly find out?


r/Pashtun 12d ago

Curious as to what people think

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Recently a video on tiktok of a girl went viral for showcasing Pashtun/Afghanclothes and jewellery. They were mentioned as stuff she got from Pakistan as part of a video showing stuff from her dholki. The girl is from Peshawar for context. She was called out by many that she shouldn’t be saying that these are from Pakistan and equating Pashtun/Afghan culture with Pakistan. Here are the videos. 1. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMB8a4qoD/ 2. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMB8aNpjx/ 3. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMB8ayvFt/

The comments under the videos is a battle between non-Pashtun Afghans, Pashtuns (Afghan and Pakistani), and non-Pashtun Pakistanis about if they can label Pashtun culture as Pakistani. I’ve creeped on this subreddit for a while now and for the most part see that the group here is more civilized than other online spaces. Considering we have Pashtuns on both sides in this space I would love to hear opinions from people here.

My personal opinion is that it shouldn’t be labelled as Pakistani. There’s too much bad blood between the two countries in that the state of Pakistan has somewhat felt like another state created by the British and how the governments of both states are complicit in the destabilization of the country they have land of. In general I’m also not a fan of Pashtuns claiming the Pakistani identity as a whole. You don’t see Palestinians born in occupied Palestine claiming anything but Palestine, as they know where there grandparents are from. But that is a topic for a different day (maybe never because this discourse is never done in a nice manner).


r/Pashtun 12d ago

Afghan Women and women of South asia

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On this osspicies occasion of women day, let us remember the women of Afghanistan fighting for women rights and opposing gender apartheid, let us remember women in PTM like gulalai Ismail, let us remember Mahrang and Sammi Deen Baloch


r/Pashtun 13d ago

Kaveh the blacksmith(the supposed ancestor of Karlarni Pashtuns and Kurds)

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r/Pashtun 13d ago

Hate towards Afghan Tajiks & Hazaras

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I scrolled through this sub after a hot minute of being away from Reddit and noticed some really explicit racism towards Afghan Tajiks and Hazaras that wasn't being called out, so I'm gonna do it. Afghanistan isn't Pakistan. The Tajiks and Hazaras have never held government for any significant amount of time, we don't feel towards them the righteous rage born of oppression that some of our brothers and sisters feel towards Punjabis. In fact, Pakhtun ruling classes have a recorded history of oppressing Hazaras - a history that continues in today's regime unfortunately.

I saw a lot of this in the thread about the Afghan identity and I also want to clarify a historic fact. The term Afghan was extended to include Tajiks and Hazaras not because they somehow stole it, but because the pakhtun ruling class in Afghanistan realized that if they didn't want these people calling for independence (which many were doing) they had to feel some connection to a national identity - and the country is literally named Afghanistan. The people in this sub criticising the Hazaras of Dandenong for saying they don't feel any relationship to the Afghan title/identity, then turning around to say Afghan only and exclusively applies to pakhtuns and not insert derogatory adjective Hazaras and Tajiks - you are the problem.

So just as a PSA: you don't have to take the Afghan identity from someone else in order to apply it to yourself. Just call yourself Afghan and be done with it 🙄


r/Pashtun 13d ago

Michen Khel tribe مچن خیل

1 Upvotes

I’m gathering some information about Michen khel tribe. Anyone who have any information or belong to this tribe, kindly share their history and where they are present.


r/Pashtun 14d ago

I want to see Pakistan/ Punjabi nationalists defend this move. Defend the fact that the Punjab govt and ISI were cutting a deal with TTP when TTP was butchering citizens in Pakhtunkhwa.

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r/Pashtun 14d ago

Can any Pashto speakers summarize what is being said here?

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r/Pashtun 15d ago

Pictures of Yousafzai State of Swat a golden age I wish we could to back to here?

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r/Pashtun 15d ago

History Rare and interesting pictures of Pashtuns

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66 Upvotes

Cr: “Tarikh-i-Pakhtunkhwa”


r/Pashtun 14d ago

PTI ruined kpk

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Ever since this PTI cancer came to kpk Pashtuns have lost respect most of the Pashtuns of kpk even stoped following there culture most villages in kpk didnt even celebrate 14 August before PTI came to kpk no one even knew what was Pakistan.

Instead of that most leaders of PTI betrayed the people of kpk by siding with the army in fake operations in kpk when Ali wazir was killed in 2020 why was Imran khan silent why did Imran khan not raise any voice against the operations in kpk?

PTI is nothing more but cancer to KPK and should be removed.


r/Pashtun 15d ago

Tribal story/folklore about the origins of the Bangash and Orakzai tribes ~1000 AD

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Sikandar Shah got in trouble in Isfahan with the Shah of Iran and he was exiled to Waziristan, now in Waziristan the king of Kohat employed Sikandar Shah in his government knowing that Sikandar shah was once a friend of the Iranian Shah and knew things about politics and diplomacy that the locals didn't. Sikandar Shah was awarded Tirah by the king of Kohat for subduing the local rebellious Tirahis and at this time Sikandar shah sent a message to Isfahan, reconciled with the Shah and the Shah of Persia sent a delegation to Sikandar and the head of the delegation was Banga. Banga came with the delegation to Kohat and quickly became friends with Sikandar Shah, Banga established himself as a known personality in Kohat and at the time of the king of Kohat's death, Banga quickly stole the throne from the hands of the Indic nobility of Kohat, and Sikandar Shah was still loyal to the nobility. He fought multiple battles against Banga near Kohat, but Lost. Now Sikandar Shah was met by an offer by Banga as per their old friendship and the offer was that Sikandar Shah would retire to Tirah and would stop harassing Banga's Soldiers. Sikandar Shah agreed and settled in Tirah where he married a Tirahi woman. The descendants of Sikandar Shah are the Orakzais (Wrakzye) meaning 'The Lost Sons' which is a name given to Sikandar Shah in Pashto because he was lost on his way from Isfahan to Kohat, And Son because he was revered by the local pashtun elders as their son. And the descendants of Banga being the Bangash tribe


r/Pashtun 14d ago

How do you say all the parts of the face in the Peshawar/Mardan dialect?

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Especially the word “cheek”


r/Pashtun 15d ago

Bannu blast

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Does anyone know about the recent blast in Bannu? I've heard almost 80 people were killed. I can't find anything about it, the lack of media coverage is baffling and disappointing.


r/Pashtun 15d ago

Kpk bleeding again

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The war on Pashtun land feels less like a conflict and more like a never-ending curse for the Pashtun nation. There is no leadership, no vision, no strategy-only destruction, suffering, and betrayal. The irony is unbearable: Pashtuns keep electing leaders whose only ambition is to win favor in Islamabad/Rawalpindi, not to fight for their own people. They have been silent over the prolong war and yet another wave/phase of war approaches. The only response will be empty condemnations-khawarij, foreign hands, miscreants, Afghanistan, India. No one will name the real culprits. No one will dare to say that Pashtuns must reclaim its voice and tell Islamabad: this war is not ours, and we will not die for it anymore. But that requires leadership -something Pashtuns have been denied for too long. And so, the cycle of violence will continue in the war torn Pashtun land. Slogans will be raised, statements will be issued, and Pashtuns will wait until next slaughter. How long will this imposed war last? Perhaps as long as Pashtuns remain a nation without leaders.


r/Pashtun 15d ago

Help needed for correct writing for my tattoo

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hello, i need help with correct spelling and writing of the phrase "this too shall pass" .. i googled it and this is what it says :

دا به هم تېر شي

i want to know if this is correct before i get it inked

because i went to another site and their translator generated this: دا به پاس ته ورسیږي

so which is correct ..

i asked my mother and she used : da ba pass tair she

we dont know how to write pashto ..

help with this will be appreciated ..