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Pashtun nationalism

May 02, 2019
Pakistan Declares War on Pashtun Nationalism
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The Pakistani military is trying to sound the death knell of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement.

May 30, 2018
Understanding the Realpolitik Behind Pakistan's FATA-KP Provincial Merger
By Umair Jamal
Why did a long-proposed idea to unite FATA and KP finally come to fruition now, in 2018?

April 26, 2018
Is the Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement a Threat to the Pakistani Military's Interests?
By Umair Jamal
The military is taking the grievances of Pakistan's disgruntled Pashtuns seriously.

March 11, 2017
'Pashtun Diplomacy' in Afghan Foreign Policy
By Ahmad Bilal Khalil
Historically, Kabul has had many different motives for engaging with Pakistani Pashtuns.

March 03, 2017
Pakistan, Islamism, and the Fear of Afghan Nationalism
By Ahmad Bilal Khalil
Pakistan's long history of undermining Afghan and Pashtun nationalism and promoting pan-Islamism instead.

March 01, 2017
Pakistan’s Pashtun Profiling
By Farooq Yousaf
Pakistan's government is labeling Pashtuns as terror suspects based solely on ethnicity.

January 28, 2016
Pakistan’s Militant Dilemma
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan needs to address the underlying ideologies driving radicalization within its borders.

January 18, 2015
Ashraf Ghani and the Pashtun Dilemma
By Ali Reza Sarwar
If he is to succeed, Afghanistan’s president will need to come to grips with the country’s ethnic tensions.

June 18, 2014
Why Afghanistan Won't End Up Like Iraq
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Despite some worrying signs, Saturday’s elections in Afghanistan offer some positive glimpses of Afghanistan’s future.
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