Exactly 167 years ago in 1857, Indians fought one of major War of Independence against the British. To the much surprise of the Brits, Afghanistan chose to side with the Brits. Many Pashtun chiefs & nobles of Pakhtunkhwa also contributed men & material to support Britain.

The…

A Pashtun family, Peshawar, 1920 (c).

Photo by R.B.Holmes.

Saddar bazar, Peshawar, 1920 (c). Postcard photo.

Upset at Bollywood?

This thread, now over 5 years old, busted the fabrications of not only of Bollywood's #Kesari movie but also challenged the popular military accounts of the British and Indian armies on the Battle of #Saragarhi in 1897, in Pakhtunkhwa.

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Mir Sadiq, the disgraced traitor to the great Tipu Sultan, martyred #OTD in 1799, was banned by Tipu Sultan for three years for amassing wealth beyond means, and was only granted pardon after his full and honest declaration of wealth in possession, and after taking…

Amanullah Khan, the ex-king of Afghanistan, photographed at Venice, Italy while spending a holiday with an English friend in April, 1940.

He died on this day in 1960 in exile in Switzerland. Amanullah Khan declared Jehad to win freedom from for the British in 1919 but it was…

Pashtuns are Israelites?

Dr. Weil, lecturer in Anthropology at the Hebrew University, wrote in the Jerusalem Post in 1979 that scholars and academics at that time were seriously working to explore the possibility of (re)converting Pashtuns to Judaism if it is ascertained that…

Jamrud fort, 1860s.

Photo by Bourne and Saché.

An Indian-Muslim soldier named Mazhar Ali saves General Roberts from attack by an Afghan man near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2nd Anglo-Afghan war, 1879.

Artist: Barrie Linklater (1931-2017)

A party of Wazir Pashtuns crossing the Indus River on Water-Jars, 1864.

Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 13 February 1864.

Imran Khan seems to not know that Qazi Faiz Isa brazenly lies about his father and grandfather, and exaggerate their role to project them as some sort of great, principled people. They were not!

There's well-documented evidence which prove Qazi Isa was corrupt, and offered his…

A Khweshgi Afghan of Kasur and an Indian nursemaid from Arain caste, Punjab, 1810 (c).

From Fraser Album.

Trophy winners of Tennis, Bannu, NWFP, 1935.

Pashtun tribesmen, Khyber Pass, 1929.

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Dress and appearance of 16th-century Pashtuns during the reign of Sher Shah Suri

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Fact-checking two photos often shared with a fake caption by Afghan and Pakistani nationalists for propaganda!

Photo 1: Shared with a false caption that Gen. Musa Khan of Pakistan Army is inspecting 'captured Afghan Prisoners'. This is fabrication. This undated photo, in fact,…

Salma Rashid you have cited, often spew non-sense like this. He does not have even command over the basic facts of history. Qasim Farishta has not referred to Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Slave kings as Pashtuns anywhere in his book.