There is a hard border between us and India, and we are two different races, with two different origins.
Furthermore, there is no hard division between Pakistan and Afghanistan. People on the border are the same on each side.
Well said brother. I am copying this but I will mention your name with it.
Pakistan was created on the basis of religion otherwise a Kashmiri has nothing in common with a Sindhi and a Pashtun has nothing in common with a Punjabi except religion.
Afghans are also part of that culture and civilization which brought Islam to our region. We have been united in the same empires together since we embraced Islam.
My Rant,
I am certain that watching hundreds of Hollywood movies did not make me find my history and cultural roots in Western Europe or North America.
These "Afghanis" have a 'complex' that spans hundreds of years. They don't let an opportunity go by to ridicule the culture of South Asia in order to cover for their own deficiencies. We people of South Asia have been flourishing for thousands of years and building civilizations, yet the mountain nomads claim "Pride" for reasons unknown. I want to know what even happened in Afghanistan in the past 1 million years that they are so proud of.
Even with our own history, we people of Indus, the mixtures of all Muslim armies and the people of South Asia, believe that we are Muslims first and Pakistanis second. Thank you Allah, for the wisdom you have bestowed the Muslim of South Asia. Furthermore, every Pushtoon living in Pakistan proudly claims himself to be a Pakistani and not an Afghani.
The Afghan nation needs to mature for another hundred years to attain civility. Hopefully, some Afghan leader will give more attention to their education in the coming centuries.
This does not mean that every Afghan has the complex, and refuses to exist with others, but the general trend for them has been quite similar for centuries.
I have seen Afghans traveling into Pakistan to eventually attain humility and manner. So the problem is definitely inside Afghanistan. However, PTM seems to translate that problem from Afghanistan into Pakistan for some reason. Establishment, do something.
Ethnic nationalist Afghans are the same kind of mindset as Arab and Iranian ethnic nationalists. They worship their race and put down anyone who is not part of what they see their culture as.
Most of the time, they are anti-Islam, or they completely ignore religion as it pertains to identity.
It is a strange mindset which has no relation to reality.
They are like Pakistan's 90s ethnic fanatics who are now a dead breed. Alhamdililah.
Salam,
Not all Afghans belong to the Ummah of the Prophet, and the same is true with some Pakistanis... Since day 1 I've had a positive view of Pakistan, the statements of that guy reflects only his personal opinion and I urge that you look at it as just that.
I understand its becoming more and more frustrating to tolerate these folks, but just remember the average Afghan in Pakistan and Afghanistan is a poor man who can barely feed his family.
Thank you Bro. It's like Rasulullah said "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black, nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action." (The last Sermon of Prophet Muhammad),
but some of us just don't believe in that...
I have always had positive impressions of Afghans, because I met them in Lahore and surrounding areas from masajid and conferences.
Afghans always respect anyone who has the Islamic mindset. Actually many take Pakistani scholars as their teachers. This is even when many Pakistanis try to pretend to be modern and liberal like the West. We can learn so much from the lovely and kind people of Afghanistan.
When US invaded Afghanistan, I heard first hand from refugees who were injured or lost family in those indiscriminate bombings. I sympathize greatly with their suffering.
Unfortunately Musharraf did everything to victimize them and to shut down Islamic learning in Pakistan. Many Afghan Islamic students had to leave for this reason.
Actually, we are the same people and not much different. Afghans are our friends and allies, not our enemies.
Unfortunately certain sections of Pakistan have taken it upon themselves to demonize all Afghans for the crimes of NDS and RAW agents.
