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	Pashtunistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pakistani part of Pashtunistan comprises an area that runs from Chitral in the north (where Pashtuns are a minority, with Khowar people being the majority) to Sibi in the southwest and intentionally includes the ethnically mixed region of Balochistan.
		The British arrived in the middle of the 19th century and the Pashtunistan region became an area of importance for both the British and the Russians.
		Similarly, an independent Pashtunistan is opposed by Pakistani Pashtuns as it would merge the far better-off NWFP, FATA and Pashtun areas of Balochistan with the economically devasted Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pashtunistan (3388 words)

	Pashtunistan
		Pashtunistan is the Pashtun-dominated area of Afghanistan, half of which is now occupied by Pakistan, and is a successor of British India that comprises the Chitral[?] (the north of Pakistan) to Sibi[?] (the southwest of Pakistan).
		The Pashtun people fought against the Soviet Union during their occupation of the country and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
		The leaders in northern Pashtunistan are Khan Wali Khan, Ajmal Khatak, Asfandyaar Khan, Afzal Khan, Moulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, and the Pashtun leaders in southern Pashtunistan are Mehmood Achakzai, Nawab Ayyaz Khan kakar, Moulana Sherani, and Naseer Kakar of PML-N. The majority of Pashtuns are Sunni muslims, but a few are Shia muslims.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Pashtunistan.html (115 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - "Pashtunistan?"
		Pashtunistan was to unite the Pashtun tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan and provide land-locked Afghanistan with an outlet to the Indian Ocean.
		In addition, the Soviets used their support for Pashtunistan as leverage to pressure Pakistan not to participate in U.S.-led and inspired regional pacts.
		India also exploited the issue of Pashtunistan, countering Pakistan's demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir with its own call for a plebiscite among the Pashtuns in Pakistan.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID35/9016.html (742 words)

	Pashtunistan
		Pashtunistan is the Pashtun-dominated area of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
		The leaders in northern Pashtunistan are Khan Wali Khan, Ajmal Khatak, Asfandyaar Khan, Afzal Khan, Moulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, Afrasiab Khattak and the Pashtun leaders in southern Pashtunistan are Mehmood Achakzai, Nawab Ayyaz Khan kakar, Moulana Sherani, and Naseer Kakar of PML-N. The majority of Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, but a few are Shia Muslims.
		The Pashtuns have been struggling for a separate homeland known as Pashtunistan ever since the 1947 partition of south Asia occurred.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/p/pa/pashtunistan.html (221 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		The issue of Pashtunistan (or Pakhtunistan)-agitation for an independent or semi-independent state to include the Pashto and Pakhtu speakers within Pakistan, whether officially joined with Afghanistan or not-would have a resounding impact on Afghanistan politics, as would the political liberalization inaugurated by Shah Mahmud.
		The conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the Pashtunistan issue was manifested not only in bitter denunciations but also by such actions as Afghanistan's casting of the sole negative vote on Pakistan's admission to the United Nations (UN) and Pakistan's meddling with the transit of commodities to its landlocked neighbor.
		Although the Afghan side was not resigned to accepting the status quo on the Pashtunistan issue, the conflict remained dormant for several years, during which relations improved slightly between the two nations.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/KingMuhammadZahirShah.html (5944 words)

	Pashtun: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		...Pashtunistan Pashtunistan Pashtunistan is the Pashtun -dominated area of...is Pashto.
		The word Afghan also originally meant Pashtun, this use of the word remaining in many parts of Afghanistan.
		The 19th century partition of Pashtunistan by the British between India (now Pakistan) and Afghanistan remains a sore point to this day.
	www.encyclopedian.com /pa/Pathan.html (285 words)

	Pakistan: Partition and Military Succession
		They claim that presently, however, programs have reverted to pre-war tone, and that India's sole reasons for making broadcasts are to show "all peoples of countries in region that India is friendly," and to ensure that people of Pakistan not forced to rely on Radio Pakistan alone for news of India and of world.
		As reported in Kabul's 1545, the RGA announced March 14 that on the instructions of Prime Minister Zahir the publicity organs of the government were henceforth to expand their coverage of Pashtunistan subjects.
		The three committees established to supervise the campaign (a central supervising committee, radio subcommittee and administrative committee) have so far functioned sporadically or only in name; and the central policymaking committee has held no meetings at all in recent weeks.
	www.icdc.com /~paulwolf/pakistan/pashtunistan.htm (4805 words)

	ISN Security Watch - 'Pashtunistan' issues linger behind row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		And it is a question with a fundamental bearing on the foreign policies of both countries.
		For many ethnic Pashtuns, "Pashtunistan" is an historic homeland that was divided in 1893 by the Durand Line - a 2,450 kilometer demarcation line drawn by a British cartographer through Pashtun tribal lands to suit the defensive needs of British colonial India.
		Ahmad Rashid, a Pakistani journalist and author of the book "Taliban", agrees that the Pashtunistan debate and the strengthening of Afghan-Indian ties are both sources of concern for Islamabad.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=15257 (1072 words)

	Asia Times - Coup anniversary remembered
		Afghan scholars say Daoud Khan's "Pashtunistan" policies caused so many problems with Islamabad that Zahir Shah removed him from the post of prime minister in 1963.
		With clashes and alleged incursions reported in recent weeks by forces on both sides of the Durand Line, as well as ongoing operations of the US-led anti-terrorism campaign in those same border areas, the possible re-emergence of "Pashtunistan" as a diplomatic issue is something Afghan Foreign Ministry officials rule out for now.
		Yet the experts consider "Pashtunistan" to be a dormant issue rather than a dead one.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Central_Asia/EG23Ag01.html (1029 words)

	Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom exercised a great deal of influence, and it was not until King Amanullah Shah acceded to the throne in 1919 (see "The Great Game") that Afghanistan regained complete independence.
		During the period of British intervention in Afghanistan, ethnic Pashtun territories were divided by the Durand Line, and this would lead to strained relations between Afghanistan and British India, and later the new state of Pakistan, over what came to be known as the Pashtunistan debate.
		The longest period of stability in Afghanistan was between 1933 and 1973, when the country was under the rule of King Zahir Shah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Afghanistan (4851 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Geographically, Pashtunistan spans both countries, with some Pashtuns living in India and some in western China.
		On the other side of Pashtunistan, the border between India and Pakistan marks both an ethnic and religious divide, between Pashtun Muslims in Pakistan and Hindus in India (the ethnicity of Indians varies by region, but a popular newspaper there is The Hindustan Times).
		His slide show and lecture on Kashmir and Pashtunistan will be presented at the CCAE at 56 Brattle Street, at 8 p.m.
	www.issues2000.org /spectrum/33516402.htm (1042 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		After the former USSR invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s, Wali Khan coined the concept of "Pashtunistan" and called for a "red revolution" in Pakistan to welcome Soviet forces to help in the unification of Pashtun lands on both sides of the Durand Line.
		Inflammatory issues such as Pashtunistan and "Greater Balochistan" have the potential to slice the existing power bases in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
		The immediate result of raising the Pashtunistan issue is instability in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, which is already in deep turmoil, and help for the US in enhancing its influence in the region.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EJ25Df01.html (731 words)

	User talk:Zakksez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I added the demographic information about Pashtuns in Pashtunistan page due to one user requesting citation.
		However, the Pashtunistan map is wrong, because it also contains Baluchistan, and area that was not affected by the Durand-Line and has never been part of a "devided Pashtun nation".
		I am removing the Pashtunistan picture shown on the top right of the article and I am planning on clarifying the theories of what is pakhtunistan/pakhtunkhwa as there are several variations of the theory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:Zakksez (6107 words)

	sciforums.com - Musharraf on the hotseat
		USA can come make war with pashtunistan, they are at war with it already since they are in Afghanistan so Pakistan can pull out it's involvement and watch GI's getting butchered.
		Sure that is a possibility but not a fact, I don't know if the aspirations of the Pashtun include just Pashtunistan or all of Pakistan.
		I would say that because of the ideals of the Ummah, and a greater Islamic community, they would be in a position to cause havoc in the cities through terrorism, and the tribaly ruled areas in the north is almost impenetrable to the Pakistani army...it would be interesting to see how much they want.
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?p=493950 (4607 words)

	Afghanan Dot Net - The Afghan Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Pakistan's attitude towards Afghanistan was formed largely by historic developments of the nineteenth century when Britain and Russia competed for influence in Central Asia in what came to be known as the "Great Game" of espionage and proxy wars.
		Since independence, Pakistan has been concerned about the demand for Pashtunistan, pursued vigorously by Afghanistan for many years and about Indian influence in Afghanistan that could make Pakistan a target of a pincer movement.
		So when will be the time for us (afghans) to ask our great land (pashtunistan) from those pakis.
	www.afghanan.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=678 (3490 words)

	Pakhtunistan (Pakistan) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The proportion of the flag is quoted as 1:2, but later was used in 2:3.
		Pakhthunistan: flag hoisted in the months previous to the independence (obverse side instead of reverse side as in my pages).
		The Arabic script to the right (first word) says "Pashtunistan", the drawing of the second (i.e.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pk!pakh.html (226 words)

	Afghanistan the Pashtunistan Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Eventually, the line dividing thePashtun people became extremely contentious to the governments of bothAfghanistan and Pakistan.
		Although the issue became most vexing during partition, British policy in thearea before 1947 also aggravated the Pashtunistan problem.
		In 1901 the Britishhad created a new administrative area, the North-West Frontier Province, whichthey detached from the Punjab.
	www.country-studies.com /afghanistan/the-pashtunistan-issue.html (429 words)

	village voice > news > Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway
		As things now stand, Pakistani officials fear that the defeat of the Taliban could usher in a Northern Alliance regime that would make little or no provision for Afghanistan's large Pashtun population, backers of the crumbling fundamentalist government.
		Such an outcome could push Pashtuns in both Pakistan and Afghanistan to seek the establishment of a separate Pashtunistan.
		The question of creating a Pashtunistan has been batted back and forth in regional politics since Pakistan was formed.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0148/ridgeway.php (1274 words)

	Omaid Weekly -- Afghan News -- Geopolitics of an Afghan settlement, by Peter Tomsen, Perceptions
		Throughout the post-Independence period, Afghan-Pakistani friction over the Pashtunistan issue precipitated occasional war rhetoric, troop movements along their boundary, long periods of closed border crossing points, and severing of trade relations.
		During the three hundred years of their rule in Afghanistan before 1978, the more moderate Pashtun tribal aristocracy successfully kept Muslim extremists like the Taliban from exploiting religion to gain influence and power.
		Pakistan's concerns about the Pashtunistan issue therefore contribute to Islamabad's resistance to a broad-based Afghan settlement process as well as Pakistani favouritism for the Afghan radical Muslim factions.
	omaid.com /english_section/in_the_press/geoPolitics_pTomsen_Feb01.htm (4788 words)

	Geez, what a history - Asylum Forums
		Pashtuns in Pashtunistan (Occupied Afghan Land) proclaim an independent Pashtunistan, but their proclamation goes unacknowledged by the world community.
		The Pashtunistan (occupied Afghan land) issue flares up.
		The Purdah is made optional, women begin to enroll in the University which has become co-educational.
	www.asylumnation.com /asylum/_r/showthread/threadid_16194 (2178 words)

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	pashtunistan.myphotoalbum.com (277 words)

	Safis Web - Afghan Guestbook
		Remove our holy pashtunistan flag from your laghmani site.Laghman and Sapay dont belong to Pashtunistan.You are Jat and Jula and Bizobazan.The name of your land is JATESTAN.
		You are ***.Pashtunistan isn't Afgahnistan.We don't want to unite with Afg.We want INDEPENDENT,DEMOCRATIC,SECULAR and FREE PASHTUNISTAN.The Capital of your State is Kabul.Our Capital is Peshawar.
		Wehave same origion but today we are diferent Peoples with different cultural Nivau.Please dont mix Pashtunistan wit Afghanistan.
	www.zmong-afghanistan.com /guestbook?PagePosition=9 (390 words)

	SkyscraperCity - Call for Provincial Autonomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		I mean, everyone has a proper provincial name, why not NWFP?
		If there are linguistic problems with the name, change it to Pashtunistan.
		There does seem to be a movement supporting a Pashtunistan cause in any case.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=322133&page=2 (4720 words)

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