The idea of secularism in Afghanistan dates back to the 20 century. Historically, the Pashtun political elite in Afghanistan paid attention to secularism. Although there is no accurate survey on ...

Afghanistan, whose other ethnic groups include Tajiks and Uzbeks, is about half Pashtun. Typically, the tribes settle their own disputes, whether they involve murders or land disagreements. Few ...

Pashtuns May Bring the Afghan War Home to America. Published Sep 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Jul 01, 2010 at 1:41 PM EDT. By Newsweek Staff . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member. FOLLOW.

Afghan-Pak tensions had begun in 1947, when Afghanistan started insisting that Pakistan give its Pashtuns the right to self-determination, thus giving birth to the so-called “Pashtunistan” issue.

Why Pakistan Supports Afghan Pashtuns . First, Pashtuns are considered a majority ethnic group in Afghanistan. Since Afghanistan has never conducted any countrywide census to determine the actual ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): In a traditional clothing workshop in Kabul, dozens of women are busy producing Gand Afghani ...

An estimated 40 million-50 million Pashtuns live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mostly organized into dozens of tribes, the Pashtuns live in the heart of the South-Central Asian region, ...

The war in Afghanistan obviously isn't going well. Depressing critiques from all quarters underscore Afghanistan's appalling poverty, warlordism, religious conservatism, corruption, poppy fields ...

Occurring frequently across southern and eastern Afghanistan's rural Pashtun belt and with ethnic Tajiks in the northern Afghan countryside, bacha bazi has become a shockingly common practice.