The majority of the Pashtun Population live in Pakistan. Most Pashtuns are ‘Pakistani’.
But what I have noticed with Afghans born abroad (Or from Afghanistan) is that they seem to be very affiliated with Persians & Hang Around With Them and are more involved in their communities than they are with Pakistani Pashtuns –
Whereas Pashtun Pakistani’s generally hang around more with other Pakistani’s or even Indians.
So I just found it confusing because they are both basically the same (Except for countries) – So why is there so much segregation between Afghan Pashtuns & Paki Pashtuns? Anyone who can fill me in on some clarification – I will be greatful.
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Why Do Afghan Pashtuns Hang Around More With Persians Than Pakistani Pashtuns?
Posted on August 4, 2011.
maybe foreign pushtans dont like pakistanis and indians because they still have racism (darkness of skin) inside them. unfortunately, racism will never end
EDIT: yes….thats what i mean. the afghans dislike southern pakistanis (especially urdu-speakers) because they immigrated from india, and majority of indians are darker
this shows that afghan pashtuns are more similar to persians than Pakistanis. and perhaps persians are providing afghanis with some thing?
Because the ones from Afghanistan have more social/cultural ties with Iran due to thousands of them pouring into Iran as legal/illegal migrants seeking work opportunities there. Iran is Afghanistan’s main donor, the other is India. Most of the Pashtuns in Iran are from Afghanistan, they’ve settled down there and become immersed in Iranian culture/media, so their children are raised to be more comfortable around Iranians.
Pakistan Pashtuns have more in common with Pakistanis as that’s where they’ve always lived, they also tend to be more Islamic while the Iranian youth in general hate Islam. This creates deep divisions between Afghans/Iranian Pashtuns and Pakistani Pashtuns.