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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: Pashtuns

Why ceasefire at key Pak-Afghan border crossing on Durand Line is unlikely to last long

ThePrint Explorer looks at how Imperial Britain came about with Durand Line & how it has remained a bone of contention between two neighbours over the years.

Pashtun fear is rapidly turning into anger. It could break the very fabric of Pakistan

Question for Pakistani military: Will they finally recognise that the suppression of civic movements like the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement is a path to national disintegration?

Pashtuns in KP are becoming less tolerant of Pakistan Army & state. It brings a heavy cost

Even though over 20% of Pakistan's military is Pashtun and they are well represented in the bureaucracy, the gap between the Punjab-dominated state and the Pashtun people is widening.

Colonial legacy divided Pashtunistan. Chaman protest shows Pashtun nationalism still alive

For over 6 months, peaceful protests have been underway at crossing near Af-Pak border. The situation shows secular nationalism is still alive in region despite jihadist assault.

Pakistan’s UN envoy gets flak for his remarks on Pashtun culture, apologises

During a UN briefing Wednesday, Munir Akram had said restrictions imposed on women's education by the Taliban stem not so much from religious factors but from Pashtun culture.

When Pakistan govt said it’ll protest US drone strikes on Pashtuns and then ignore it

In The Pashtuns, Tilak Devasher talks about Pakistan's adoption of a duplicitous policy on the drones campaign by the US.

Pakistani Pashtuns have a message for Imran Khan—‘we are not Taliban’

Last month, Imran Khan said at the UN that all Pashtuns living in Pakistan ‘had affinity and sympathy with the Afghan Taliban’.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.