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Five female Afghan guards working in the airport in southern Kandahar were killed by unknown gunmen as they were on their way to work, security officials said on Saturday, the latest in a string of attacks against women in Afghanistan. From bomb attacks to targeted or honor killings or domestic...

By Khan Barmazid 1- The original word is 'Awghan' (there is no ف in pure Pashto) which has been modified to Afghan in Persian. Awan is close to word Awghan. 2- Awans have martial traditions like Afghans/Pashtuns 3- Their abodes in Sind-Sagar doab of Punjab are adjacent to Pakhtunkhwa...they...

Notable figures 1- Abbas Khan Sarwani, an Afghan historian of 16th century 2- Daud Khan Rohilla, the founder of Indo-Afghan state of Rohilkhand 3- Diler Khan Daudzai 4- Safdar Khan Babi 5- Arzani Kheshgi 6- Pir Muhammad Khan Sherwani 7- Kalu Khan Yousafzai 8- Faqir of Ipi : Myth and...

Battle of Parwan , 1221 The Battle of Parwan was fought between Sultan Jalal-ud-Din Khwarzimshah of the Khwarezmid Empire and the Mongols in 1221, at Parwan, a place in the vicinity of Ghazni (not to be confused with Parwan north of Kabul) Following the Mongol invasion of Khwarezm Jalal...

By Khan Barmazid The Swati Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty originally from Swat, who ruled on Kashmir for nearly 222 years from 1339 to 1561. Shah Mir Swati, an adventurer from Swat, under the title of Sultan Shamas-ud-Din founded the dynasty. He belonged to the ruling clan of Swat, the Gabaris...

The Taliban insurgents have publicly executed a university student in Maida Wardak province, located near capital Kabul in central parts of the country. The student was reportedly hanged to death after accusing him of working for the government. According to reports, the university student was...

The core of the Ghaznavid army was the slave force (ghilman). The slave army of Ghaznavids consisted of Indians/Hindus, Turks and some Tajiks. The Indians/Hindus in the army resembled the Turks in their lack of home ties , lack of local connections. Like Arabs and Kurds, the Indians/Hindus had...

According to Afsana-i-Shahan (written by Shaikh Kabir Bhittani in 16th century) , Afghans/Pashtuns were not subjects of any body in ancient times

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2016/11-12/discoveries-bactrian-gold-afghanistan-silk-road/

A thread dedicated to the military history of Afghans in Roh, India and Persia Elite ghulam corps of Ahmad Shah Abdali Dattu Sarwani, a Pashtun soldier of early 16th century Cannons of Sher Shah Suri Military organization of Lodis Panni - Mughal confrontations in 16th century

The word Afghanistan existed before the reign of Ahmad Shah Abdali

Analysis of Battle of Saragarhi : The lies we are told

https://defence.pk/threads/medieval-afghanistan-extended-up-to-sukkur-of-sindh.457416/page-2#post-8865323 Any particular reason? ...............what warranted such harsh action against a thread with academic content, nothing else?.........

Medieval Afghanistan extended up to Sukkur of Sindh

http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/video-taliban-purportedly-uses-drone-record-bombin/nst83/

Karachi Police on Thursday registered a case against a Frontier Constabulary (FC) trooper deployed as a guard at the Nadra office in the Nazimabad area of the metropolis. The FC guard slapped a female reporter of a private TV channel K-21, who was doing a live programme about the problems faced...

Roads and Sarais (inns) of Sher Shah Suri

He is speaking in Afghanistan's accent, not Mardani (the guy is claiming to be a Mardani born in Islamabad).........people of Mardan will tell you that he is not speaking in Mardan's accented Pashto. Watch his Pashto interview, the guy gets uncomfortable and hesitant for moment when he is...