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Daily Times
November 19, 2009
Similarly, while
Pushtun nationalists wanted to take on the
militants early on, they had to relent because some groups in
Islamabad were dissatisfied, ...
Frontier Post
November 19, 2009
Yes, both
Karzai and ANP clan are a peer in one commonality: both have betrayed traitorously the
Pakhtuns. He colluded with Tajiks and all other minorities ...
CounterPunch
November 19, 2009
In his words: The Pashtun insurgency, which is composed of multiple, seemingly infinite, local groups, is fed by what is perceived by the Pashtun people as ...
guardian.co.uk
November 19, 2009
The
Pashtuns saw the project as a way to tell their story and improve their image in the west, which has been tarnished by association with
terrorism and ...
New York Times
November 19, 2009
Mohammed Nabi, 52, runs a small oil, rice and flour shop on the edge of
Kabul in a
Pashtun neighborhood. While many
Pashtuns are willing to give Mr.
Karzai ...
Daily Times
November 18, 2009
DesMoinesRegister.com
November 18, 2009
The majority
Pashtuns - 50 percent of the population - resent the
army and accuse foreigners of arming terrorists. 4. Simply put,
the Pentagon is ...
Toronto Star
November 18, 2009
Under the
Pashtun code, if an elder walks you through the town's main road, he is offering his protection. In the throes of the
Taliban insurgency, ...
Radio France Internationale
November 18, 2009
National
November 18, 2009
There is an important point to be made here: while the
Taliban fighting
the US-led forces in
Afghanistan enjoy the support of most
Pashtuns, those who ...
Beyond Chron
November 18, 2009
(2) With "multiple, seemingly infinite, local groups," the insurgency "is fed by what is perceived by the Pashtun people as a continued and sustained ...
guardian.co.uk
November 18, 2009
Crude ethnic breakdowns (
Pashtun, Tajiks, Hazaras, Turkmen,
Uzbeks and others) mask baffling complexity; there are 60
Pashtun tribes and a further 400 ...
Atlantic Online (blog)
November 18, 2009
About half of
Afghanistan's population is
Pashtun, from which the
Taliban draw their strength. Much of the country's non-
Pashtun population ardently opposes ...
New York Daily News
November 16, 2009
Independent
November 16, 2009
Gilmour went in on his own, relying instead on pashtunwali, the complicated tribal code used by Pashtuns which dictate that a guest who is invited in must ...
Frontier Post
November 15, 2009
The decision of the central government to oblige the sugar mills to supply 30% of sugar out of their produce to the government on 40 rupees/KG is somewhat ...
Reuters
November 13, 2009
While Khattak is forced to remain in
the US for fear of the
Taliban,
Pashtuns in
Pakistan are increasingly opting to migrate to America to ensure their ...
Allowing the
Pashtuns to do as they wished in the desolate mountains of
Afghanistan was one thing. Tolerating attacks by these people on areas under British ...
... that they had averted, for now, street protests by Dr Abdullah's supporters, which would have risked political violence and open Pushtun-Tajik rivalry.
While Khattak is forced to remain in
the US for fear of the
Taliban,
Pashtuns in
Pakistan are increasingly opting to migrate to America to ensure their ...
We need a
Pashtun leader in
Afghanistan. It's 60 percent of the population, 100 percent of the insurgency. Is he the best
Pashtun leader we could have? ...
The News International
November 8, 2009
"The
US military presence in
Afghanistan greatly contributes to the legitimacy and strategic message of the
Pashtun insurgency," he says. ...
Expressindia.com
November 7, 2009
Xinhua
November 7, 2009
"It's a Pashtun
Los Angeles Times
November 7, 2009
Like the residents of Swat, the Mahsud are Pashtuns
Abdullah apparently understood that with winter coming on, and
Karzai's
Pashtun majority behind him, the runoff âÂÂ" fair or not âÂÂ" was a futile effort. ...
Ottawa Citizen
November 6, 2009
In the Pashtun
Asia Times Online
November 6, 2009
Seattle Times
November 6, 2009
Abdullah apparently understood that with winter coming on, and
Karzai's
Pashtun
Tribal
Pashtuns (from eastern
Afghanistan to western
Pakistan) have never given up on being united again. Everyone familiar with AfPak knows the region is ...
The News International
November 4, 2009
Cricket365 News
November 4, 2009
FA: You are known to be a rather temperamental character, and some attribute this to you being a Pashtun
Seattle Times
November 4, 2009
The
CIA can train the
Pashtun
The News International
November 4, 2009
It is this latter group that supports the Pashtun
New York Daily News
November 3, 2009