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 ...

(Kabul) -- Armed political factions in northern Afghanistan are subjecting ethnic Pashtuns to murder, beatings, sexual violence, abductions, looting, and extortion, Human Rights Watch said today.

Pakistan’s Support to Afghan Pashtuns Initially, for the first three decades after Pakistan’s founding, it was Afghanistan that regarded itself as a champion of Pakistani Pashtuns’ rights.

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.

Being traditionally weak in political organization , the Pashtun cause has not been aided by Afghanistan's blundering president, who has deliberately tried to keep Pashtun leaders of the unarmed ...

The largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, estimated at around 45% of the population and mostly concentrated in the south and east of the country, are the Sunni Muslim Pashtun. The Pashtun ...

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 ...

Pashtun leaders say they have paid a hefty price in Pakistan's war on terrorism. Islamabad allied with Washington after the invasion of Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the ...

The war in Afghanistan is the revenge of the Iraq ... the Americans need a “Pashtun Awakening” that would break with the Taliban. In Iraq, a vast militia of some 100,000 recruits, the Sons ...

The following testimonies are selected from more than 150 accounts of anti-Pashtun violence in northern Afghanistan gathered by Human Rights Watch researchers during a four-week research mission ...