Not all Indians want to be afghans it’s only Punjabis and Indian Muslims.

I am an Egyptian and always wondered how are you all? After the wars you been through and finally after 3 years of Taliban rule.

I always wish the good for you and was happy that your war had ended

so i need to hear from afghan people who lives in the country please . tell me pros and cons of the government

Thx

We all know that the Taliban does not allow pagans, not even Shiites, but historically, in addition to Islam, there are other religious believers in Afghanistan, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and even Judaism... Last time I checked Wikipedia, I found that there was a large Jewish community in Afghanistan in history. Now the Afghan Jewish population in Israel is over 10,000. So how tolerant were Afghans to pagans in history? And what is the history of Jews in Afghanistan?

Hi guys, Im a racially Indian man who has been an observer of the conflict between Pashtuns(and other Afghans) on one hand and Indians(mostly Punjabi) on the other. If you have been on any subs or social media related to anthropology you will have seen that Pakistani and Punjabi nationalists try to link themselves to the Pashtuns desperately, and the Pashtuns fight back as can be expected. I want to share my thoughts on this stuff and what needs to be done.

1. Pashtuns and Afghans have every right to resist the attempted cultural appropriation from Punjabis. There are real cultural differences between the Pashtuns and Indic groups and this cannot be diminished by PCA charts.
2. Pashtuns and Afghans must acknowledge that there are indeed some genetic affinities to Punjabis and other adjacent Indic populations. There are South Asian affinities even in eastern and southeastern Iran. Pashtuns and many Afghan Tajiks, living between Iran and the Indus valley, will unsurprisingly have a South Asian affinity midway between these two regions. This is natural and denying it will not serve you any good.
3. Pashtuns and Afghans must remind Punjabis that they are historically, culturally, civilizationally, and phenotypically INDIAN people. It does not matter if the British drew a border, nor does it matter if the Sikhs feel resentment towards the Indian government. Do not fall into the trap of treating Punjabis as though they are some mysterious third group. Punjabis are as Indian as it gets, literally the term Hindustan referred to Punjab all the way to Bihar. They must be reminded of their Indian roots at every chance.

That is all I have to say. As a Indian person, I find it deeply embarassing that a segment of my race(Punjabis) feels the need to distance themselves from us and desperately latch on to another group that they have little to nothing in common with. I hope that there can be understanding between myself and you guys.

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I'm a first time/new host in G13. About a month ago I received a request on airbnb from someone who was booking on behalf of an Afghan family from the U.S. it was for 34 days. All good. after they confirmed their booking, I asked them to inform the family to not anyone they were coming from Afghanistan, because I was worried there were still issues like last year and it might affect their stay. They agreed. 2 days back before check-in, I reminded them again, and told them to inform anyone that asks they are visiting from the U.S - again purely because I was worried for them. They took that to mean something else though and cancelled the booking without asking me anything. They said it wasn't like that at all at the previous places they rented an AirBnB at. I was aware the situation is much better now, but I still wanted to exercise caution. Still, somehow now I'm at fault for scaring them off. I'm still scheduled to recieve the payment for the booking from airbnb as they weren't refunded. Should I refund in this case, and what percentage? having some guilt because I really don't want to be an unfair to anyone but this could've been resolved by discussion and they never bothered.

Is to say “we got used to it” with not a hint of sadness behind it. My respect for them TANKED once I heard this. I asked them about how the Taliban banned women laughing and speaking “loudly” in public and she said it’s true and laughed. They then asked what could they do about it, and I said well, if all the women in Taliban member’s lives collectively fucking poisoned them that would do something and she said it’s not okay to murder Talibs.

How fucking pathetic. I hate them because I used to be similar to them not so long ago.

Yes it’s easy for me to speak like this when I’m not living under threat of murder, but to not even be sad? To say murdering that filth is wrong? That’s mental Stockholm syndrome

Why are Western Born Afghans least likely to marry interracial, yet, these refugees are open to marrying interracial as long as they are Muslim? The irony? Obviously, this isn’t rule of thumb. Just an observation.

Dari speakers I appreciate your contribution to the world language library

This is a continuation of my post about additional questions: https://www.reddit.com/r/Afghan/s/3W3GXnuC2C

Why are blasphemy laws in place if they are never enforced? This baffles me as I am unsure of the purpose if is is virtually not enforced. I saw the Wikipedia on this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Afghanistan#:~:text=Sharia%20permits%20the%20authorities%20to,has%20three%20days%20to%20recant.

The death penalty has never been applied, yet, there are people held their on death row? Are they held indefinitely? Is it the international pressure that precludes them from doing anything? Why aren't they allowed to be let go?
Is it really the mob with mob mentality that play the role of judge, jury, and executioner?
Wouldn't the government refrain from embroiling the cases of foreigners even if committed intentionally or not because of international human rights laws? If so, why not for the citizens?

I heard a police officer was adulated for executing one accused Afghan? Would this not fly if the government of the foreigner were to preemptively step in?

for context im a pashtun girl and have fought for my right to be opinionated in my household because my mother was never allowed to be. i knew i was never gonna see eye to eye with my family when i would talk about the plight of palestinians and their first response was “don’t speak about it at school or anywhere, those “arabs” don’t care about afghans why should afghans care abt them? what about afghan women?” the last part was said by my father and it particularly angered because he always uses the taliban as a way of controlling how i dress and what i post on social media and how i should look at the state of “women in afghanistan and see how ungrateful and feisha i’m being.”

i know he cares about the cause for afghan women’s rights but it is incredibly disingenuous to bring that up to shut down the plight of palestinians because it sort of pales in comparison to a literal genocide. this isn’t to invalidate afghan women’s hardship, i have firsthand experience with what having an uneducated mother or woman in the house can result in, but it just feels very unfair to bring it up when the discussion is about another group of people who are starving and being bombed to death. i’m not sure if anyone else in this subreddit has any comparison with family members making comments like this, but it’s been sitting on my mind for the last year and i had to get it off my chest. i have placed a lot of boundaries with my family (immediate and extended) in the last couple of years once i started college and it just seems ridiculous that my father and other family members think they can continue manipulating me into seeing things from their perspective because i just don’t “understand” how pashtunwali works. i do understand how it works and how it’s incredibly misogynistic and patriarchal in nature and thrives off of the submission of women into a culture and society that rarely benefits them.

i go to a prestigious university and have spent a lot of my time taking classes on afghanistan and islam/quran in general to broaden my understanding of my culture and religion, and ive only grown more sure of my beliefs that are in stark contrast to my family’s. it’s not normal to minimize another group’s suffering to uplift your own and it is inherently unislamic in nature so if being afghan = pashtun = muslim, how the hell does it make sense for my family to say these things ?? i moved to the states permanently when i was 7 years old so i have a decent grasp of what life in afghanistan is like (i plan on visiting after 13 years this upcoming summer) but i just feel like my father and other family members r being manipulative. my older brother, younger brother, and parents are all in afghanistan right now (and have been for the past year aside from my older brother who just recently went) and it’s the same old spiel of how if i post revealing pictures publicly (i don’t) or post my face on tiktok (i do but it’s nothing bad ??) then it’s endangering my father’s and both brothers’ lives because “if the taliban were to find out they’d kill them for having a feisha daughter/sister” which is kind of ridiculous.

my older brother is literally an atheist and has gone to jail before for being abusive TOWARD my father so i’m not sure why my family is so obsessed with the idea of controlling me and the way i think when i don’t drink, smoke, party or date around like half the younger guys in my family do under wraps (i don’t care if they do, it’s just hypocritical in nature) sorry this kind of turned into a rant i just feel very isolated because the few younger cousins i could talk to about this were forced to block me because half of my extended yet very tight knit family thinks im a bad influence even though they try to hide it lol. i mean if being accomplished and going to my dream school is a bad influence then sure they should stay away i guess. idk what do u guys think

Hello Everyone,

My question is for international afghans , I want to apply for Pakistan to visit my mother my passport is afgan and I'm currently in Switzerland.

Is Pakistani govt giving visa to afghans for visitation ? My visa and my spouse previously got rejected .

Please guide .

Thank you

Years ago I've heard that the Tatar Hazaras officially got recognized as a separate ethnic group and started a movement of cultural/linguistic revival. Then the government fell.

Tatars from Russia also visited Bamiyan and some other places, but I don't know whether it was over being part of the movement itself or showing solidarity.

How is it like for them under the Taliban, if anyone knows? Are they still continuing their renascence?