Author Archives: The Pashtun Times

FATA must be at par with the rest of the Country

After the departure of British from the Indian subcontinent Pashtun were ‘thrown to the wolves’, as lamented by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan popularly known as Bacha Khan.  Bacha Khan’s demand of independent Pashtunistan was rejected by both Congress and the British in one way or the other. Although he took oath in Pakistan’s constituent assembly, modeled on the British colonial ...

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Paris Attack and the Suspected Support for Terror

The horrible terrorist attacks in Paris have evoked the solidarity of People and organizations around the globe against the menace of radical ideologies. The solidarity with the French people has also been displayed by people through changing their profile pictures on social media with the French color the “Tricolore”. Despite most of the analysis of the details of how it ...

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Good Evening from Chowk Bazar Bannu

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پښتون تاريخ، غوا او مونږ پښتانه: ليک:ګل تيراه وال

ويل کيږی چه پښتانۀ خپل تاريخ پخپله نه ليکی. رښتيا بۀ وی خو ددې سره سمه رښتيا خبره خو دا هم ده چه پښتانۀ خپل تاريخ واي کله! او په تيره تيره مونږ د پاکستان پښتانۀ خو سم د تاريخ په تيارو کښې ژوند تيروؤ د عبدالقيوم خان او لياقت علی خان نه مو تاريخ شروع شی او په عمران ...

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اخمد یار:غزل

دا خلی نه څوک چې زوراور پاتې شې یــار تری په نیمه لار اکثر پاتې شې يقين می دا دے چې رښتيا وائې څوک يقين مې نه شي چې ئې سر پاتې شې زۀ چې پري ښکلې خلق نه ویمـــنه څنګ بۀ مې سترګو کښې نظر پاتې شې  کومـــي خبري چې هــــم وکړې مـــلا  هغه خبـــــــــــــرې پـه ممبر پاتې شې ...

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دپلارنیکه لاره!!!؟؟؟ لیکوال: زیب منتظر مسید

   یوچاراته کیسه کوله چې یو ملګری یې وو، دملګري پلاربه یې ډیر زیات سګرټ څکول، تردې چې دهمدغو سګرټو له لاسه و مړ. یو وخت ګوري چې ملګری یې هم د خپل پلار په څیر یا کیدای شي ترهغه هم زیات سګرټ څکوي- یو یې لا مړ کړي نه وي چې بل ولګوي- نو د نصیحت په توګه یې ورته وویل چې – ګوره پلانکیه، ...

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G-20 Vows Joint Anti-terror Actions After Attacks

Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries are set to vow to conduct joint actions against growing global terrorism following an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack that killed at least 129 people in France, in the first written statement issued by the G-20 on a political issue. The Antalya Summit held by Turkey, the ...

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Barack Obama Joins Summit in Turkey Clouded by Paris Attacks

ANTALYA, TURKEY: US President Barack Obama landed in a heavily guarded Turkish resort on the Mediterranean today to join a summit clouded by the Paris assaults claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Air Force One landed at 7am (0500 GMT) at the airport of Antalya, a holiday destination bristling with 12,000 police and multiple security checkpoints to guard leaders of the ...

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A Piece of the Piecemeal: Peshawar is Paris

Pashtun people are now in the third generation of this war – unprecedented in their historical context, a new condition, in madness such is difficult to recall in memory, one in which innocent blood is consistently mercilessly spilled in the name of rabid ideologies. For the last ten years, Peshawar is as Paris was in the night on Friday – ...

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China Flexing Muscles in Afghanistan

Napoleon once said, “When China awakes the world will tremble.” China is one of the strategically most important neighbors of Afghanistan. The rapid expansion of its economy has made china a point of reference and topic in political and economic discussions throughout the world. Many of the political and trade union leaders have been praising the Chinese “miracle’’ as the ...

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