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1. The Scent of Pashtun in the Afghan Carpet July 05, 2011 The first thing that strikes you about the Afghan Carpet is its hand woven floor covering demeanor. Few know the afghan rug is woven by refugees, a part of the handicrafts community in the interiors of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. The rugs exude an unknown majesty, reminiscent of quintessential Afghan tradition. Once spread on the floor of your house, they kind of drape it with a wrap that reminds one of the burqa worn by Muslim women. The Shindand and the Adraskan are typical Afghan Kilim catching the attention of buyers everywhere. They are made in West Afghanistan, human and animal ... (read more) Author: Joe Ellis

2. British Soldiers Train for Deployment in Mock-Afghan Village January 24, 2011 The British military has constructed a mock-Afghan village in the British countryside to give its soldiers a taste of the military and cultural challenges they will face in Afghanistan.  Everyone is shooting blanks in a firefight to simulate an attack by Afghan insurgents, 8,000 kilometers from the front lines, on a special training ground in Britain.  Operation Pashtun Panther is designed to get these British soldiers ready to head to Afghanistan in March.  The non-stop exercise aims to expose soldiers to everything they will encounter in Afghanistan. Major General John Lorimer is head of str... (read more)

3. Afghan Election Commission Releases Final Election Results December 01, 2010 Afghan election officials have announced the final results from September parliamentary elections that were marred by fraud and irregularities. The country's Independent Election Commission said Wednesday all 11 seats in Ghazni province would go to members of the Hazara ethnic group, with no representation by the larger Pashtun population. Most polling stations in Ghazni were shut due to insecurity during the September 18 vote. Widespread reports of fraud delayed the release of the final tally. Election officials have disqualified 24 election winners nationwide and invalidated nearly a quarter... (read more)

4. When Things Turns Upside Down: (Nepotism and Cronyism in Afghan Foreign Ministry: An Urgent Reform December 29, 2008 First Published 06/05/2005 Afghanistan comprises various ethnic groups which can be categorized, as stated in reliable books, as following:Pashtun......55% Tajik........20%Hazara...... 8% Uzbek........ 8% Chahar Aimak..4% Othesr........ 5%.Goodson says: “The Northern Alliance are the Dari-speaking TAJIK which is the second-largest community, of the afghan population and the Uzbek which account for approximately 8% of the population”. He adds that "...Afghanistan's ethnic groups emphasize loyalty to the local social group, which may be defined in several ways, rather than to the state. T... (read more) Author: Nabi Habibi

5. Renewed Taleban Insurgency Straining Pak-Afghan Ties December 04, 2006 Pakistan announced Monday that its foreign minister, Khurshid Kasuri, will go to Afghanistan Friday for a three-day visit. A Pakistani spokeswoman says the talks will focus on bringing what she labeled "peace and calm" to the border areas. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the Taleban insurgency operating along the border has strained ties between the two countries. When the Taleban government fell in 2001, their fighters went on the run - for the most part, across the border to Pakistan, where they found sanctuary and sympathy among the ethnic Pashtun tribesman that control the larg... (read more)

6. Karzai Seeks Help from Pakistan's Pashtun Leaders October 27, 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seeking help from influential Pashtun politicians in Pakistan in an effort to stem a growing Taleban insurgency. Mr. Karzai is a Pashtun himself. He has sent letters to the leading pro-Taleban cleric and opposition leader Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and Pashtun nationalist leader Asfandayar Wali Khan. The letters urge them to help restore peace in southern Afghanistan. Rehman heads a party of Islamic clerics that is part of the government in two Pakistani provinces bordering Afghanistan - North West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan. There are some 40,000 NATO ... (read more)

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