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Khiljis were Pashtuns
After Islamic invasion of Afghanistan, Pashtuns have ruled Indian subcontinent several times. Those Pashtun Families or tribes who…
Pashtun Female Fashion
The most elegant female fashion in Afghanistan belongs to the Pashtuns.. The Pashtuns use a variety of stitching techniques, which…
ATTOCK AND CREDIBILITY OF PATA KHAZANA
Preface:
After professor Habibi published a book (Pata Khazana) or (Hidden treasure), which contained veiled poems of old…
Chilzina and the Forty Steps of Kandahar
A short tower can seem imposing on a featureless plain. A tiny word can say a lot if it’s on a blank wall. And 40 simple steps…
Afghanistan as seen through British eyes
Depictions by Lieutenant James Rattray (1818-1854)
James Rattray (1818 – 24 October 1854) was a soldier and artist, born in …
Shahzada Kamran Durrani
In the 18th century during the internal war when wazir Fateh Khan, brother of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, was…
Abdul Rahman Baba 1651-1710
At the dawn of seventeenth century, at the age of invasions from the West by Persians and East by Moghols, a the time when Afghans…
THE VICTOR OF MAIWAND
Maiwand is a small village town in Afghanistan, about 45 miles from Kandahar that gained fame during the second Anglo-Afghan War…
Ai-Khanoum: A Greek city in north-east Afghanistan
In 1961, King Mohammed Zaher shah of Afghanistan was on a hunting trip in Takhar province of north-east Afghanistan. It was…
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY IN AFGHANISTAN
In May 1879 about seventy miles east of Kabul an Irish photographer by the name of John Burke was producing some of the first…