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History of Pashto
. Pakhtoonwali
. Islam in Afghanistan
. Afghan Nationalism
.. The First Pakhtoon
   Nationalism
. Historical Perspective
. Political Geography
. Early Religion
. Language & Culture
. Economic Factors
. Religious Despotism
. Political Aspects
.. The Secondary
   Pakhtoon Nationalism
.. The first Pakhtoon State
   of Sheikh Malli
.. BaYazeed Rokhan
   Pakhtoon State
.. Pakhtoon State of
   Khushal Khan Khattak
. The Third Evolutionary
Phase of Afghan Nationalism
. Comparison
. Conclusion

Pashtunwali
. The Pashtun Customs (Intro)
. Pashtuns in Retrospect
. The word 'Afghan'
. Pashtunwali
. Melmastia
. Nanawati
. Badal
. Nang
. Pakhto
. Ghairat
. MeRRana
. Jirga
. Pashtunwali Terminology

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Pashto Poetry
. Classic Afghan Poets
. Modern Afghan Poets
. Poetry

Pashto Landay
. Pashto Landay

Source: Mohammad Enam Wak
WAK Foundation
Email: abdaliwak[at]yahoo.com

Mohammad Enam Wak is the author of the "History of Pashto" section. Hence all credit goes to him and if you have any question he will be pleased to answer them through his email.

Political Geography

Before and during the early years of Islam, Pakhtana were living in Badghis, Ghor, Herat, Khurassan, and Kandahar and in the mountainous terrain and small towns of eastern Afghanistan. They later moved to Ghazni, Bamyan and Takharistan. During the 12th century, they occupied areas form the Amu to the Pamirs in the north, the Arab Sea in the south, Khurassan in the west and the Ganges River in the east. This period was the peak of the first Pakhtoon nationalism.