Marwat Khan Lodhi
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Punjab was pretty much ravaged by Afghans over and over again, I cant believe that being the same religion can make them forget that past.
I agree with you, most Pakistanis here seem to be dishonest and wiggle out of arguments when asked about Abdali being a foreign invader.
In their heart they are still terrified of afghans sacking Lahore.
It was nadir shah who carried out huge massacres in Punjab-Delhi area. One of his senior general was azad khan afghan, who was leading ghilzai contingent. and Ahmad shah abdali was also part of nadir shah army along with thousands of other durrani soldiers. The terror factor comes from nadir shah;s invasion who had large number of afghans in his army, punjabi mothers used to hush their children to sleep on mentioning pathan.
Ahmad shah abdali , on the other hand, adopted a pro-muslim policy, he annexed muslim majority areas of india to his empire i.e kashmir, punjab and sindh. He was lenient on punjabi and kasmiri muslims but was harsh against sikhs and hindus. In kashmir , the hindu pandits were in dominant positions during mughal times, so muslim kashmiri nobles invited abdali in 1752 to overthrow mughal rule. Afghans gave important positions to kashmiri muslims and sidelined hindus. So in 1817 hindu pandits invited sikhs to overthrow afghan rule. Sikhs took revenge for Afghan discrimination against them and hindus, by going harsh on mulsims in punjab and kashmir.