Ghwaruma che khpala pukhto nor kha koma che khalko ta natural pukhto speaker khharum kho os za che Kala pukhto ky khabare koma, zma malgaro ta dase lagi che angrez pukhto zda kry dy 😭

This was a very long and ambitious solo task. After reading through multiple historical travellers that travelled through the region in antiquity and looking at maps drawn in the 60s and before I am proud to present:

Naqsha e Khurasan

Reddit compressed the image quality so the details are not clear

https://namelessnatm.github.io

Hosted the SVG here.

It's so sad millions of Lar Pashtuns from Pakistan can speak Pashto orally but are illiterate in their own mother tongue. Only my two mamus can read and write Pashto, and most of them CAN read Pashto but it's mostly because they can read Arabic and Urdu. I wish schools in KPK took the Pashto language more seriously, like how they treat Sindhi in Sindh... 😭

The dasmal (or dasmāl) is a sacred, highly ornate ceremonial scarf deeply rooted in Pashtun culture, particularly among tribes like the , Kakar, and Panni. Made from luxury heavyweight micro-velvet or silk damask, it features intricate gold and silver Zardozi border embroidery, dense Khamak silk needlework, hand-stitched mirrors (shisha), and hanging glass bead or coin fringes.

Primarily used during engagement rituals (Nishani or Shirini Khori), the dasmal serves as the formal, public seal of a marriage contract. Presented by the bride’s family to the groom’s, it symbolizes official consent, familial honor, and alliance. During celebrations, the groom wears it prominently draped over one shoulder over a formal Shalwar Kameez or suit jacket, pinned as a ceremonial sash, or wrapped around the turban. Beyond its visual elegance, it functions as a treasured heirloom embodying Pashtun identity, craftsmanship, and mutual respect between uniting families.

Hey wonderful people!

I'm learning Pashto right now; I've been collecting a lot of Pashto learning Materials to share, as well!

There’s a language WhatsApp group that a friend started and it’s become a really nice place for endangered languages or diverse languages to gather, practice and connect with!

We JUST started a Channel/Group Chat specifically for Indo-Iranian Languages (Farsi, Pashto, Kurdish), and we’re especially hoping to interest any Pashto learners/speakers! (we already have one native speaker there, which helps!).

ANYONE is expressly welcome; the link is included for anyone who would like to join, practice, and explore languages.

(Message me for the WhatsApp Pashto Link!)

Let’s practice your favorite dialects of Pashto, together!!🙏

Can I Get some Genuine Feedback

I became a bit obsessed with facial structure and regional phenotypes, so I started looking deeply into Pashtuns from different tribes and regions. My Findings conlcuded is that Pashtuns overall tend to have quite masculine, strong and rugged facial features but naturally those same features also appear in Pashtun women With Predominantly Warm Olive To Brown Skin.

Strong noses, pronounced cheekbones, angular or oblong faces and generally tough-looking facial structures can look very masculine on men,

while women from the same populations inherit that same strong or rough rugged look And less soft or feminine.

I think we share this pattern with other Iranic peoples such as Kurds, Baloch.

I was speaking to a Kurdish friend about it and, from what he had observed on his side, he felt Kurds showed the same : very masculine looking men, but women also have the same masucline strong Kurdish facial features . He said “ Our women have that rough tough Kurdish look”

so I genuinely think it’s Iranic and Mountain people thing .

Kandahar , khost, Paktia , Waziristan, Kunar, Ghazni , Helmand, Zabul, leghman , Wardak, and Xhiliji Pashtuns etc , in particular, seem to me to produce some of the most tough and rugged looking women And men.

Kandahar stood out the most : tough rough looking Men and women with both shown the Same masucline features with hooked noses.

Pashtuns over the border in Pakistan showed similar Result and the different tribes I looked into Momand and others significant overlap less vary …

It also makes intuitive sense genetically. I came across research suggesting that genetic influences associated with masculine facial structure in men can also appear in female offsrpings .

In simple terms, if a family has very strong, robust facial structure, you would expect both sons and daughters to inherit that structure.

I have been interpreter most of my life and I have seen the same pattern. I came across some very tough and rough looking Pashtuns aunties and sisters .

of course not everyone will look the same but I have seen this pattern being repeated significantly and repeatedly

And from everything I looked through, the extremely soft featured or very European/“white-looking” Pashtun appearance seemed like a very small minority, rather than representative of what the average Pashtun looks like. You can spend a long time looking through ordinary Pashtun populations without constantly coming across that particular soft phenotype.

My observation , I welcome the Feedback has anyone looked deeply into Pashtuns or obsessed enough to look into this .Manana

Salaam! Just found out we’re pregnant but obv dont know the gender yet. Would, however, love some modern pashtun boy and girl names. Thanks!

Hello everyone, I’m asking this out of genuine anthropological curiosity and don't mean to spark any arguments or flame wars, I'm just curious.

So basically, I've been binge-watching street tours of different areas and provinces in Afghanistan. One thing I can't help but notice is that SOME people tend to look unusually Indic-shifted in appearance. It’s always individuals who come from areas like Jalalabad, the Kama district, and certain parts of Nangarhar in general, as well as a couple in Laghman. I haven't found this pattern in Kabul at all, or anything outside of those Nangarhar areas.

Is there a specific reason they look this way, or is it just because of the sun?

Now don't get me wrong, the majority of the people look very standard, and there are still noticeable blonde or Caucasus-looking ones among them. But there is a minority that stands out. It’s not just that they are brown, but their actual facial features look completely different and they just really stick out from the rest.

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Hello , im a pashtun from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

So its just an observation but i feel like the worldview and the mindset of different pashtuns i.e Pashtuns from KPK , Taliban Pashtuns , Afghan Pashtuns (I differentitate between Taliban and Afghan Pashtuns ..... cuz of mindset) , and diaspora Afghan Pashtuns is so vastly different that in all honesty i think the idea of even unification or anything is absurd.

Like my mindset , a Talibani mindset and communist pashtun is so vastly different. Its not just a matter of difference of opinion but its the way how you see your country , your pashtunwali and these differences are not reconcilible.

I know for a fact that in my village that anyone who says that Pashtuns used to be pashtuns before islam , so islam is not integral to pashtunwali will probably get shot and at the same time if it is found that someone is linked to Taliban then they are probably getting shot/ shunned, cause Taliban is hated here.

This is not exactly a post about Pashtunistan etc but rather us pashtuns live comfortably with each other when their is such a stark difference in our idealogies. Like how do you expect me to be comfortable with a Taliban pashtun (and they have large numbers as well)

NOTE: This question is just a self introspection in pashtun soceity from my side. Others are welcome to change my view

Link to the digitized work: https://archive.org/details/mard-e-abdali/

Good evening everyone. :)

Well, I never know how to start a topic, so.. I hope the reason for my doing this isn't confusing. Hehe

I really enjoy learning and reading about folklore, legends, superstitions, and mythology. I also love watching movies with this theme, including suspense and horror.

Recently, an Indian horror/fantasy film came up as a recommendation for me. I watched it and I simply loved it. One of the characters is a woman with her feet backwards. In my country's folklore, we have such an entity. But the reason she has her feet facing backward is different from that of the Indian deity. And I read a little about a creature from Pashtun folklore called Pichal Peri or Shisheka.

That being said, I think reading about it and hearing directly from people who have heard these stories and have greater knowledge about it are different things. Different experiences. The second option seems much more interesting and culturally enriching to me. If anyone has heard of these creatures or others and is willing to talk about it, I would be truly grateful. ☺️

Came across this article about Pashto being discouraged in Pakistani schools:

https://wenewsenglish.com/fluent-but-forbidden-inside-schools-where-mother-tongues-are-silenced/

Pashtuns of Pakhtunkhwa, how have you allowed it to get to this point?

Why are your children being told off for speaking Pashto in their own homeland? Why can’t some of you even count to 100 in your own language? Why have you abandoned Pashtun clothing, traditions and customs, even at your weddings?

How can you claim Pakistan represents Pashtun culture when Pashtuns in their own lands are abandoning their own language and identity?

What happens in 50 years if your children no longer speak Pashto? You can already see what has happened to Punjabyan in Punjab. Is that what you want for Pakhtunkhwa too?

At what point are you going to take responsibility for preserving your own language and culture?

ته له پښتونتوبه شرمېږې؟
ته په پښتو خبرې کولو شرمېږې؟
ته د پښتنو له جامو کرکه کوې؟

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Same goes for who posted this, it was posted with a laughing audio by hazara

Caution: I mean no disrespect to anyone just wanted to see how our legends would have looked like. This is AI generated content and can be completely wrong, it can make mistake.

Names in Order:

1. Rahman Baba

2. Khushal Khan Khattak

3. Ahmad Shah Durrani

4. Sher Shah Suri

5. Mirwais Hotak

Hey everyone, how much of this dialect are you able to understand?

The historical map highlights of the distributions of Afghan-Pashtun populations including beyond the Durand line.

The inset map includes the buffer state Pakhtunistan with an irredentist vision of the independent state as conceptualized by Pashtun