I feel like I am going in circles. As I said previously bigotry of any kind is not confined to a particular ethnic group and views and opinions change all the time. As I admitted previously, there is definitely some biggoted views amongst Afghans about other ethnic groups and even within Afghan sub groups. Wouldn't you agree thay similar attitudes exist in Punjabi community. I too have personal experience with Mirpuri families in the UK refusing to let 2 adults marry each other based on the fact they were from different Biradaries. Now, how's that different to what you are saying about Afghans. Imagine this happens in the UK, God know whay happens in Pakistan.
There is no Aryan master race BS. That's just Nazi propaganda. Yes, Pashtuns are Iranic or Aryan people simply because our language is classified as an Iranic language. If that makes some people feel supperior to others. That's their problem.
Yes Afghans did rule over subcontinent but Indics also ruled over Afghans (Maurya, Gupta empires etc). That's all history so what.
Moat Afghans want to undo whay they feel the Britiah did to their homeland by dividing it in half. We have no desire of ruling anyone else. We wanted to be united ina single state for the sake of preservation of our cultural identity and language. Even if that's not possible, we want to be able to freely interact across the border and develop and preserve our identity. We don't want to be divided by labels of Pakistani and Afghan. I don't think that's racist or superior but natural human right.
Some people want to paint everything as racist in order to subdue even legitimate demands. They use religion as their favourite tool to do this.
I am sorry brother for the antics of some Pakistanis on this thread. It is completely unwarranted and highly disrespectful
@H. Dawary We are not all like this.
Some people need to be given some space to grow and learn.
It is like they are idolizing white power movements in the US, and trying to overcompensate and go tow to toe with erhnic supremacist minority from Afghanistan, Iran, Arabs, and other places.
We Pakistanis are an Islamic minded people, our racial origin us for our knowledge and learning only, it is not to put down others.
i usually come across sorts of b.s but this is the most ridiculous story ive ever heard .however bro i do admire your pan islamic approach
You are going to tell me something about my childhood? I grew up in Faisalabad and Lahore area, I met and befriended many people from diverse backgrounds. Even my village is diverse. Pakistan's strength is in accepting others.
Some Sikhs came to visit one relative's home in Lahore, which used to belong to them. We hosted them with respect, gave them board, and fed them the whole time. We showed them the city and treated them like our family. They cried when they had to leave, they said the izzat they got in Pakistan, they won't find anywhere.
You can't compare the widespread hate most afghans have against pakistan and in particular punjabis to some people in pakistan not wanting their kids to marry a different clan. Seriously your country men have assassinated our first prime minister and murdered over 70.000 civillians including a entire school of children countless soldiers and police officers and still counting in cold blood.
That's the sort of hate they have in their hearts for us no pakistan has assasinated the first prime minister of Afghanistan or refused to recognise it as a nation we never took refuge in the millions for decade's in Afghanistan and killed 70.000plus of your people.
As I have repeatedly said we hindikowan speaking punjabis are the natives of this land have lived here for thousands of years. Afghans are not native and therefore have no legitimate claim to our land. So this crying about being hard done by the British holds no water.
As far as preserving your culture you have every right and that's why I asked several times to the other Afghan poster why don't afghans who want to live amongst themselves simply move to Afghanistan where they are already the majority instead of claiming a small province where you have no historical legitimate claim to . I got no answer, the truth of the matter is which I have stated numerous times now whether you like to admit it or not you believe in your race being superior to kalya punjabis therefore you think you should be ruling over us.
Even in this very thread there are afghan/pathans going on about how punjabis are not 60%, how we make up only half of punjabis population and how we even aren't a ethnicity. This just further proves my point you lot have deeply ingrained and widespread racist views on non afghans especially us punjabis you wish that you were the majority in pakistan.
I suggest you lot move to Afghanistan were you already are the majority and leave my people and pakistan in peace. And if you are genuinely committed to living as a peaceful neighbour I suggest you confront these racist views that underpin the pashtunistan and ptm movement.
You are very conveniently leaving out Indian terrorism.
Thank you for saying this. A lot of our Islamic oriented members turn a blind eye to this topic and say Afghans are our natural brothers. *eye roll*. I have seen Bangladeshis and Indians less hateful towards Pakistan than Afghans. Never seen one truly pro Pakistan Afghani. Their hate is almost a deep visceral hate. Even though we've been nothing but kind to him. And their presence here rots the minds of our tribals too. I had a classmate in university from FATA, his tribe exists on both sides of the borders. After PTM, he HATES the Pakistani army and state with a passion. He just can't say it loudly yet.
Jamab, there is no reason to take back-handed jabs at me because I disagree with you. We Pakistanis need to learn to have different opinions and move on.
Are you an Urdu-speaker from Karachi? I noticed many Karachiites have negative opinions of Pukhtoons and Afghans. Probably result of MQM and ANP rivalries in the 90s.
Future is coming fast, Afghans are our neighbors and relatives, we need to accept them.
Pakistan should simply absorb Afghanistan (or its pashtun parts) to create a greater union state, where pashtuns and punjabis and everyone will be as happy and rewarded as they always have been in Pakistan. Even if a loyal pathan governed this unified state, as long as he did a good job, our precious fragile paranoid Punjabi Muslim elite would be pretty cool with that.
As long as Afghanistan is left there in the present state. Some other power will come and use it against us. There is already an anti-Pakistan base there cultivated and being fed by Iran.
We need to think long-term to secure our interests.
Brother they will never change, study their history their tribal culture is very deeply rooted in revenge, honour and of course racial supremacy. Look how long some Afghan refugees have lived in pakistan even born here and all they do is spew venom against us. It's best they take care of their own country and even better if pakistan starts to take care of the millions of its poor citizens who have gone without basic life necessities for to long.
Sister, please enough with this racism.
We Pakistanis are better than this.
Hypocrisy I see abroad Punjabis and their love for Sikh Punjabis and their hatred for their own countrymen but if we show a bit of love for our turconTurco iranic kin, Afghans and others then we are traitors, terrorist and Shias.
N league.
You have a very wrong idea about Punjabis, I want to correct you. We suffered under Sikh empire also.
Now that's hate, hate that you lot have been spewing against punjabis for decades pretty much unchallenged.
Pukhtoons themselves have challenged it. They have defeated and discredited ANP. They voted PTI for a more unified and just Pakistan. KPK are the trendsetters.
This part of yours, well guess what thats my culture too so am I no longer a Pakistani?
No I compared you, I have no issues with other Punjabis or for that matter any Pakistani.
The only racist supremacist is you who is trying to enforce your ideology on us, guess what we are not iqbalis, we are not bulleh Shah, we are not Baba fareed.
We are Rehman Baba, ulug beg, khushal khan and its simple as that.
Why are you not a fan of Allama Iqbal?
Some of the statements you utter confuse me.
Let's leave this racial animosity behind.
@Behram Khilji @Ladyuk y'all both need to calm down. Both Punjabis and Pathans can be equally racist. Ask this from a Karachiite (yours truly) who has spent time in both provinces. I feel there should be more representation of both of y'alls culture in the Pakistani media. Pashtun culture and Punjabi culture (original Lehnda Punjabi culture not the sanitized RDB hip hop bhangra culture) both need to be represented in the media as part of a greater integrated Pakistani culture. It will bind us together.
Janab, you were part and parcel of this. When you are racist towards Afghans. It will result in these kinds of 90s esque racial back and forth.
@Ladyuk And
@Behram Khilji Need to relax. Guys it is Ramazan, you still have ibadat to do. We are all Muslims, what would Rasool saws say?