History of Afghans (Articles and Pictures)

Famous couplet of Iqbal about Afghans

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Khan_patriot said:

are you Pukhtoon as well.....

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Pashtuns of Dir, 1915

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Execution of Pir Khan lodhi aka "Khan Jahan Lodi" by Abdullah Khan Uzbek (L) and Syed Muzaffar Khan Barha on orders of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

Samandri said:

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Execution of Pir Khan lodhi aka "Khan Jahan Lodi" by Abdullah Khan Uzbek (L) and Syed Muzaffar Khan Barha on orders of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

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That's brutal. What's the story behind this?

Jaggu said:

That's brutal. What's the story behind this?

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An explaination is given in the following article
The Death of Khan Jahan Lodi

IN the early 1900s, a crusty British general, Andrew Skeen, wrote a guide to military operations in the Pashtun
tribal belt, in what is now Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. His first piece of advice: “When planning a military expedition into Pashtun tribal areas, the first thing you must plan is your retreat. All expeditions into this area sooner or later end in retreat under fire.” This was written decades before the advent of suicide bombers, when the Pashtuns had little but rifles yet nevertheless managed to give their British overlords fits.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/opinion/28keller.html?_r=0

The first time the British came into contact with the Wazirs was in the 1850s’ when John Nicholson, the Deputy Commissioner, Bannu, was trying to establish law and order in an unsettled district. In 1852, he assembled a force secretly in Bannu and Latammar, which was divided into there columns. The objective was the villages of Sapari and Garang, who had been causing trouble. On night of 20/21 December, the first column marched directly on Garang through the Gumatti Pass, a second column from Latammar went for Sapari through the Bargannata Pass, while the third column took a circuitous route from Bannu and advanced up the Kurrum Vally, and joined he two columns through the Gumatti Pass. Surprise was total. Both villages were destroyed, and livestock confiscated. Nicholson returned to Bannu on 22 December. However, one of the infantry units, 4th Punjab Infantry, lost 23 men during the withdrawal.

The only surviving portion of the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri

mujhaidind said:

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It hurts to read the truth. read on and know the truth, coming from a real source and not made up one.

MohitV said:

is this all ur history is about ????

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better than Indian History, in which original people-of India were killed enslaved and or made third class citizens.

Map of tribal distribution of pashtuns.