Pashtun Studies Network

PSN connects scholars and researchers who study the Pashtuns, the Pashtun question, Pashtun society and the peoples (Pashtuns) of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

[Aslam Kakar, Ph.D. | اسلم کاکړ @aslamk_kakar]

The powerful hv a uniquely partial prspctve on the way the system operates since it gnrly seems to work pretty well for them. The less powerful see more of the way the whole system wrks than the privileged, who tend to take for granted that ths is the way things are. -Alan Sears

[Pashtun Tahafuz Movement USA @PTMUSA1]

PTM leader @ManzoorPashteen calls on the Western nations to stop funding the evil state of Pakistan for it's gross human rights abuses against Pashtuns & others. “By funding Pakistan you are indirectly committing war crimes & human rights violations.” #PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar

[Mohsin Dawar @mjdawar]

A banner in #PashtunLongMarch2Peshawar

[Aslam Kakar, Ph.D. | اسلم کاکړ @aslamk_kakar]

Yesterday @mjdawar spoke to my students at the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers University about State Repression and the Rise of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement in Pakistan. He said that the biggest achievement of PTM is providing a base for democratic movements such as

[Aslam Kakar, Ph.D. | اسلم کاکړ @aslamk_kakar]

The correct strategy for the @JoeBiden administration would be to correct the mistakes made in the Doha Agreement. That should include ceasefire by the Taliban and acceptance of the Afghan government. Afghanistan has made tremendous development since 9/11, says @husainhaqqani.

[Aslam Kakar, Ph.D. | اسلم کاکړ @aslamk_kakar]

The @JoeBiden administration must continue to support the institutions of Afghanistan. The Taliban are Afghans. It makes sense for the Afghan government to incorporate them in the political system. But for that the Taliban should declare ceasefire, says @husainhaqqani

[Aslam Kakar, Ph.D. | اسلم کاکړ @aslamk_kakar]

Today’s Afghanistan is different from the Afghanistan of the 1990s in which the Taliban movement flourished. That is far from a possibility in the Afghanistan of today when more Afghan youth, both men women, are educated and want a modern democratic system- says, @GhafoorLiwal

[Mohsin Dawar @mjdawar]

Congratulations @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris
Hoping that new US administration will bring seriousness to Afghan peace process. Generations of Afghans have paid in blood for wars initiated for others interests. Peace in Afghanistan awaits the end of "great games" played by outsiders.

[Pashtun Studies Network @NetworkPashtun]

What are the three to five key accomplishments of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement in the last three years in Pakistan?

[Sana Yousafzai 🇵🇰 @SanaYousafzai9]

One of the Greatest leader..
Bacha Khan Baba.. ❤️

[Pashtun Studies Network @NetworkPashtun]

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