Pashtun Population News Today

Underlying political problem that almost always needs to be addressed politically. in afghanistan, for example it reflects the reality that some part of the pashtun population which is about 50% of the country believes that its interests are not represented by the current government in kabul. now, this weeks negotiations might go nowhere. but one of the lessons that powell notes in the book is that often these talks begin too late because governments believe that one last military push will put ...

Remains a very volatile situation that threatens to even further deepen the ethnic divisions that exist here. if parliament is not inaugurated tomorrow, that risks the done descending into chaos. if it is inaugurated tomorrow as the current representation stands, the risk is that the pashtun population could feel increasingly disenfranchised, alienated and possibly turn towards the taliban. >> arwa damon for us. thank you. its possibly the most watched speech a president will ever give. of cou...

Growing influence of taliban, we have noticed it is spreading rapidly, not only in the traditional south and east of afghanistan, this incident took place in the north. even though in the north there are pockets of pashtun population. so pretty much taliban is getting stronger and stronger. among the pashtun population in the north. thats something people should take into account. from international point of view, we are worried that president karzais talking to taliban without any consideration...