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Afganistan: Several injured as Taliban, Pakistan Army clash on Durand Line
Fp Staff •The latest clash between the Taliban and the Pakistan Army on the Durand Line has taken place in the Dand-e-Patan area of Paktia province of Afghanistan
Pakistan Army bans Pashto in Army Public Schools
•Students have been warned they would be fined if caught speaking Pashto, the language of the largest ethnic minority Pashtuns, in schools
Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban: One year later
•The Taliban stormed back to power a year ago in Afghanistan as the United States-led forces withdrew from the country. With the return of the Islamists, the country is plunged into a deep economic and humanitarian crisis
Kashmir's Wantrag, a Pashtun village, is like a little slice of Afghanistan
Mudasir Rawloo •While many of these families say they took shelter in this village well before Partition, roots of Afghans in the region date back even before the 16th Century
From Taliban-led military rule to West-backed democracy, Pashtuns have always dominated Afghanistan's politics
Fp Staff •Many of the new acting ministers as well as former presidents and leaders, including Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani, belong to the dominant ethnic tribe of the nation
Pakistan’s isolation on Kashmir huge setback to its foreign policy, says chairman of US-based advocacy group Voice of Karachi
•Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has admitted to the failure of his country's stance on Kashmir and its diplomacy, stated Voice of Karachi (VoK) Chairman Nadeem Nusrat on Monday.
South Asia has become cradle of religious extremism due to poverty, low literacy, proliferation of weapons, says SAMAF
•South Asia has become a perfect breeding ground for religious extremism and it must be tackled as a global challenge because one-fourth of the world's population lives in this region, a senior leader of the Mohajir community has said.
Imran Khan says Tipu Sultan is his 'hero', but for the sake of peace, Pakistan PM should look at Jinnah as his role model
Srinivasaprasad •Imran Khan must remember that it was Tipu Sultan's own army general Mir Sadiq who partly did him in. If the Pakistan prime minister insists on idolising Tipu, he must watch out for Mir Sadiqs in his country's army.
India should persevere with Balakot-like strategy to bust Pakistan terror modules, actively take up Baloch, Pashtun causes
Yatishyadav •The world should also realize that Baloch movement is about a freedom struggle and even if India cannot invite them to set up base here, at least the leaders in exile should be provided a platform to counter Pakistan's rhetoric
Our struggle will go on till the last man, the last day: Manzoor Pashteen
Francesca Marino •Unlike the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara, Manzoor Pashteen does not believe in guerrilla warfare or weapons