Finally, addressing the needs of Afghan refugees and ensuring their dignified repatriation is paramount. Building trust is ...

The Taliban are primarily-almost solely-a movement that draws itsleadership from among the Pashtun tribes of southern Afghanistan. Acommon complaint from Pashtuns elsewhere is that the Taliban ...

In a powerful and impassioned speech at the Pashtun National Council (Jirga) held in London, Hyrbyair Marri, a prominent ...

The word “Afghan” comes from “Pashtun,” and “stan” means “land.” Therefore, Afghanistan is often referred to as the “Land of the Pashtuns.” In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani unified ...

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, reacted to reports of meetings between Pakistan’s intelligence officials and several Afghanistan’s political leaders in Turkey. He urged these ...

Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri brought attention to the ongoing horrors that the Pashtun and Baloch communities endure under Pakistan repressive control in a st ...

Since the Taliban’s resurgence in 2021, South Asia has faced profound geopolitical shifts, revealing Taliban fractures and ...

The fear that the Pashtuns are the primary base of imprisoned Prime Minister Imran Khan ... The NRF alliance has since expanded from its home base of Tajik areas of Afghanistan, with nearly daily ...

Unlike Afghan Pashtuns, Baby L. “is most likely ethnically Turkmen or a Uighur from Turkmenistan,” according to the report. Army Rangers took Baby L. to Craig Joint Theatre Hospital at Bagram Airfield ...