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I must reiterate, the reason why Pakistani Pashtuns & Afghan Pashtuns have not been involved in any secessionist movements for Pashtunistan/Greater Pashtunkhwa is because Pashtunistan is a political ploy, propped up by not only the Afghan Pashtuns elites in the government, but also non-Pashtun...

Actually, it's the other way around. The lack of unity among the various ethnicities resulted in the decades of war and destruction.

Afghans not only hate one another based on their ethnicity, they also hate Iran & Pakistan, the two countries they are linked to (ethnically, historically, culturally) closest. They hate the present Afghan government, & the warlords. They hate the US/NATO. They dislike the Taliban, who are the...

Pakistan is an independent, sovereign state; it is not a client state of China.

Tajiks are predominantly Sunni, whereas the Hazaras are predominantly Shia. Both of them speak Persian.

Non-Pashtun Afghans generally blame Afghan Pashtuns for all the problems in their country. Pashtuns who speak Dari as their first language, & reside in Kabul, Panjshir & other areas are not really Pashtuns, & do not understand the sentiments of the Pashtun masses in the rest of the country. It...

I think that while gas coming from Iran might be expensive, the IP gas pipeline is the only feasible & reliable solution in the long-run for Pakistan's energy woes. It also helps us foster ties with our neighbor, a huge strategic geopolitical advantage for us. I think both options (the Saudi...

The point is, these Afghans on the forums are mainly from Kabul, native Dari speakers (the Pashtuns from here speak Dari as their first language). These Afghans are so detached from the realities of the Afghan masses. Just as Karzai is not the representative of the common Afghan, neither are...

Most Afghans do not have access to electricity or internet. In 2001, 91% of the Afghan people did not know why the US had come to Afghanistan, & what 9/11 represented. On a separate note, even the Taliban detainees are confident a Taliban takeover is approaching: Taliban POWs convinced of...

The Taliban, according to some estimates controlled about 80% of Afghanistan in December 2009: Eight years after 9/11, Taliban roils 80 percent of Afghanistan - CSMonitor.com It's ironic that Afghans think the ISI can actually control 80% of Afghanistan without Afghan support. Maybe the ISI...

I am surprised, why has Saudi Arabia all of a sudden brought this offer to the table, when Pakistan-Iran have become serious about the IP pipeline?

Would you say its a wrong policy by your government that you want to negotiate a power sharing deal (to form the future government of Afghanistan) with the Taliban? When Pakistan is not negotiating any power sharing deal with the TTP, why is the Afghan government/US/NATO doing this with the same...

It's amusing certain members here gloating on what happened today, when the US wants the Taliban to enter the negotiations, in a power sharing deal. The fight-&-talk strategy with the Taliban will prove to be a disaster for Afghanistan in the times to come.

The fact that the Taliban were able to conduct such coordinated attacks in Kabul; as well as Logar, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces is a something to be worried about. When even Kabul is not spared from such coordinated attacks, there is something seriously wrong. Overall, at least 24 people...

I have already answered this is in my previous post:

Just to play the Devil's Advocate, this is what the "secular first-world nations" have done about the Kirpan: BBC News - Sikh judge Sir Mota Singh criticises banning of Kirpan http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/01/18/sikhs-denied-entry-nat-***-quebec.html Now, I am not in favor...

I am not trying to understand the reasons behind why Indian Muslims (especially from UP, Bihar) lag behind; maybe it's their own fault, maybe it's the state; it frankly concerns me very little. I am not looking at the exceptional, I am looking at the overall state of the community. Indian...

Well, that maybe true. But I think you are underestimating Pakistan, & the inflows into the country from India; Karachi is a city where the majority of the city population is UP & Bihari walas, with countless families who have sons & daughter-in-laws from UP/Bihar, India. My mother is one such...

"Mohajirs" do not want a separate state (on ethnic lines at least)., we are extremely well integrated in Pakistani society in all parts of Pakistan. Frankly I am not even a Mohajir, I am a Pakistan Urdu speaker, so I would know.

Only the Kalams and the exceptionally talented make it to the very top in India, 0.00001% of the population of Indian Muslims. It only affects the 0.00001% of Indian Muslims. What happens to the 99.9999% of the Indian Muslim society? In Pakistan, while 0% of the Pakistani Hindus make it to...