Here is a brief overview of the major ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The Pashtuns are Afghanistan’s biggest ethnic group, making up more than 42 per cent of the population. The group -which is ...

The BBC's Rachel Reid has been meeting some of the victims: The tribal honour of Pashtuns living in Afghanistan is bound up with the role of women within the society. Although growing numbers of ...

Afghanistan is a complex mosaic of ethnolinguistic groups. The dominant group, politically and in terms of numbers, has been the Pashtun, who consider themselves the “true” Afghani people. Pashtuns ...

(Speaking of which, it is important to note that before the Soviet invasion Afghanistan and Pakistan managed the Durand line dividing Pashtuns by letting it be a soft border). Though the U.

Any understanding of the current abuses committed against Pashtuns in northern Afghanistan must take account of the severe abuses that the Taliban regime committed against non-Pashtun ethnic ...

To what extent are Afghanistan's people and ethnic minorities represented in international debates about reconciliation among the Taliban, the Afghan government, Pakistan and the United States?

Afghanistan's last group game is against Australia ... I know that a lot of Pashtuns also live here in Pakistan and hopefully the stadium will be full.” ...

Afghan nation and Afghanistan as a country have been badly polarized. There are many ethnic groups in the country including Uzbek, Tajik, Pashtuns, Hazara and others. It is a fact that a peaceful and ...