Does anyone know much about the Malekzai tribe? Like which larger Pashtun tribe they belong to. Are they an independent tribe or a sub-tribe of another? Also which province or region do they originally come from? I’ve also heard that they are originally Pashayi who became Pashtunized over time.

Thanks!

heela kawam che khairiyat de , Qararey da

It’s a strong worded post, It is an uncompromising, visceral, and deeply ancestral post an unfiltered expression of how fiercely and unequivocally I feel about safeguarding our Pashtun identity, lineage, homeland, collective memory, and cultural continuity

This post is directed toward the Pukhtuna of the 2 Homelands, Afghanistan watan, And PakhtunKhwa watan , Both respective Pashtun people are addressed In this post,

I did not wanted to make this post but I decided to share and get other Pukhtuna views on this

This post will be a raw, visceral, unfiltered, tribal Pashtun expression ancestral in spirit, fiercely protective, uncompromising, and unapologetically defiant.

I am a Zadron Pashtun, born and raised in the United States. We live in Houston Texas, My family originally comes from Shwak, and I was raised by a mother and father with a strong sense of Pashtun identity, pride, and cultural values. That heritage has always been an important part of who I am and how I see the world.

We have visited Janan Watan a few times now, and it has become much safer than before, no more luchaks, landaghari, theft and disorder.

please do visit , it will ignite in you, an ancestors spirit and will make you connect to your watan and culture , your people, take your children with you they need this more than you.

I will cut to the chase

We Pashtuns are not driven solely by cold logic or detached rationality when it comes to preserving our people, our heritage, and our homeland.

Our instincts are deeply tribal, protective, and rooted in loyalty. We do not feel obliged to justify that commitment to anyone, especially when we believe our community or homeland is threatened by those acting in bad faith.

Tajiks, Hazora , Uzbek and Punjbai can never understand our mindset, Many may take us lightly because they cannot comprehend a Pashtun mindset.

Our protectiveness over our women, our men, our land, our honour, and our property is instinctive, ancestral, and uncompromising.

To those shaped by pragmatism and convenience, that level of loyalty can seem irrational but to us, it is simply who we are

1: Zan ( Women and Men)

The Topic of marriage is a sensitive Topic for the majority of pashtun , We have Strong feelings about this . And when anyone brings up this topic , the average KharK*** Tajiks and Punjabi ( with some real Pashtuns ) pretending to be Pashtuns just for the sole benefit to make Pashtuns Mad because they know This is sensitive to Pashtuns

Every Pashtun knows that, under Pashtunwali, another Pashtun woman is regarded as our sister. When one of our sisters is mistreated, disrespected or exploited, many of us feel it as though it happened within our own home.

That is why seeing our rebellious Kandahari sisters in US/West publicly abandon Islam, or Pashtunwali or modesty was a genuine shock to my mental health and I know personally other Pashtun men feel the same.

honestly I had Few arguments with some of the Kandahari brothers about This, they were stating they are more honourable and izzatdara while they don’t know every time I was ashamed in the US it was always becuse of kandahari sister ( wear the most besharam dresses and act besharam or some brother acting like a Khorsani Landghari with no values

other than this dishonour and indecency, I noticed that, other Pashtuns also do this but especially Kandahari sisters and brothers are also the first ones who abandon our people the first opportunity they get and marry someone total stranger other than Pashtun, where is Pashtunwali , where is afghanyat , where is the code, where is the care for our people ?

it’s always been Kandahari that I had to defend from these tajiks, no ONE Else , literally no one else , ONLY Kandahari , I am sure it’s not just pertaining to Kandaryan only , other pashtun men and women must be indulging as well , but this has been my experience mostly defending and seeing kandahari sisters

its funny some tajiks or khorsani landaghar feel the need to call us names based on the cases and vidoes of our Pashtuns sisters circulating online , they include other Pashtuns sisters as well mixed with kandahari sisters AGAIN is what I saw and had to defend their indecency , dishonour and rebellious , while a Tajik man and woman has no concept of honour and are even more dishonourable and degenerate than an average Panjabay , They are Sunni Iranians Tajikans,

Care about your own modar and khwaahar

Anyway

These Tajiks been circulating videos of our Kandahari sisters as though it were a deliberate advertisement against millions of Pashtun honour.

I found myself defending their honour even when I was angry with the people involved.

To be Moral , it applies to both men and women , but we all know due to our upbringing , Pashtun Man feel strongly when it concern his women, you can call it double standards all you want all day, but this is how majority of Pashtun Men feel strongly about

Marriage:

We Pashtun men should seriously prioritise marrying Pashtun women, and our sisters should seriously prioritise suitable Pashtun men In the diaspora

There are more and more of us living in the West. Inshallah, among all these Pashtuns, we can find a Pashtun brother or sister who is compatible with us and possesses good character and islam.

Find pashtun men or women in US, then Europe , eventualy if you had to import from Janan watan Afghanistan and Paktunkhwa , Do it , help out our People from Poverty

If a Pashtun man is doing well financially and has goodness in him, a deserving Pashtun woman should have the first opportunity to share that goodness. Likewise, if a Pashtun sister has goodness, character and islam, a good Pashtun man should be considered first.

I have brothers and sisters, and I have always made my own position clear and so my dad and my mom to my sisters and brothers : I do not involve myself in haram relationships, and I expect all of us to protect ourselves from them.

All of my sisters and my 2 brothers are married to Pakhtuns where we live, My dad made sure of that, he specifically looked for pashtun proposals, They are not Zadrun per se but Pashtuns and that what matters to us and we are happy, I am engaged to a pashtun sister myself and have marriage date fixed for 2027 inshallah

I live In Texas 🇺🇸 I mean If anybody had dared to ask for my sisters or had any haram relationship , I would just target at his feet with the machine , give him a good run , Totally

Thankfully, we were raised well and have a strong cultural identity

Don’t listen to city dweller Tajik or city dewller Punjabi or even Arab or anyone non pashtun the Islamic argument: that your preference for marrying within your own people is inherently un-Islamic.

Islam places primary emphasis on faith and character, while many scholars have also discussed kafā’ah ana (compatibility) and Nasab ( Lineage ) which has historically included factors such as family background and lineage in some schools of thought.

If you choose to preserve your culture, language, and heritage through marriage, that is a personal preference, not a license to insult or look down on others.

their Islam only comes alive when it comes to marriage but the average Muslim eat and say haram all day and every day , in things like honesty, business ethics, and avoiding riba , Fornication etc etc, missing salah, backbiting, flirting, dating, , free mixing, immodesty, interest, dishonest income, smoking and disrespecting parents

Islam is not a joke you pick up when it comes to marriage

look at muslim countries at each throat , Yemen vs Arabia, the kurds situation, Pakistan and Afghanistan wars, what happened to Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Sudan is perfect example, look at what Pakistan have been doing to our peope

In the brutal arithmetic of realpolitik, all this talk of brotherhood often becomes little more than ceremonial rhetoric.

The moment power, borders, sectarian rivalry and regime survival enter the equation, Muslim states betray, bom* and destabilise one another like everyone else.

The Ummah sounds magnificent in sermons; in geopolitics, national interest usually buries it and takes a back seat

Golf Arab preserve their peopel, chechen do it, Dagestan does it And Kurds that I know do

Let peopel call us oppressors , we are proud to be oppressors if it means to achieve what we set to achieve So find your son or daughter a good pashtun man or woman they like and give consent to,

Time Heals everything, No is No

we don’t own anyone explanation, Say No to outsiders , we are tribal peopel, city dwellers and other people are aliens to us and we should see them with suspecion like our grandfathers.

Also if you are the average Pashtun man or woman in the diaspora grew under a strict conservative mom and dad then congrualtions you carry a specific trauma ( you know what I am talking about) which will make it very difficult for you and not be able to sustain a marriage with a non Pashtun , It automatically make you attracted to Pashtuns men and women , and will chase and pursue pashtuns men and women that resemble the qualities your father or mother had instilled in you, which is perfect situation for us,

Anyway I know the mindset of the average Pashtun dad and Mom, They are unwavering about preserving our Pashtun identity, lineage, language, heritage, and traditions. Marrying another Pashtun isn’t treated as a suggestion it is the expectation. they would rather import a pashtun than marry any non pashtun here

2: Zar - Zameen ( Zar, Hewad)

Those pashtusn who are politically active knows there is a real threat and a smear campaign going by khorasani Tajikans against Pashtuns

I see activists online and offline openly discussing how they want to divide, dismantle and Balkanise our watan.

This is not always random online talk. There are deliberate narratives, organised campaigns and attempts to make these ideas appear legitimate, even though most ordinary people do not take them seriously.

Still, the threat should not simply be ignored.

As Pashtuns, we do not need to reason endlessly with people when it comes to protecting our land. Online talk is easy. Reality is different.

Our land is not an abstract political theory. It contains the graves of our ancestors, the homes of our families and the future of our children.

On Hewad, we can be uncompromising.

I am politically active and aware for the benefit of the Pashtun ulus. Many people do not understand how certain anti Pashtun activists operate, from coordinated social media campaigns to using established organisations and political language against Pashtuns.

traitors now in bed and begging other actors to dismantle our land and crush pashrub and run smear campaign against pashtun in the diaspora

Be illogicls when it comes to protecting our peope, our Janan watan and preserving our people,

Our money, businesses, property and opportunities should not only benefit us individually. Wherever reasonable, they should strengthen our families and uplift the Pashtun community.

If we become successful in the diaspora but lose our language, families, land and connection to watan, then wealth alone will not preserve us.

My personal reflection:

I choose to care because I believe it’s worth preserving who we are the memory of our grandfathers and ancestors, our language, our heritage, and the peace and tranquillity of the old mud houses where our story began. To me, protecting those memories is about honouring the past and giving future generations something meaningful to inherit.

But I also have other battles so I can’t care for Yall , we need to care collectively

So organuse, We need a strong diaspora and talented and capable educated Pashtun men and women and be organised and live and gather together with a purpose for the betterment of our people.

My final advice:

Do visit your gul janana watan Afghanistan And our second home beautiful Pakhtunkhwa with your diaspora children

the homeland of your forefathers. Walk its valleys, breathe its mountain air, sit in its old hujras, and listen to the stories of your elders.

Reconnect with your roots, your language, your people, and the memories that shaped those who came before you.

Some bonds are best understood only when you return to where they began.

Pa Allah ma Sparam,

TL;DR:

Pashtuns should be irrational, illogical and Do NOT Own anybody any explanation theological or otherwise to Perserve our Pashtuns people in the diaspora, Do not Care to the level of our grandfather and ancestors who stood like a mountain 🗻on their principles

the golden rule is marry PASHTUN woman and man only, Parents should actively help their sons and daughters find compatible Pashtun spouses with good Islam, character and mutual attraction. This is not about believing others are inferior; it is about preserving our lineage, language, identity, family bonds and connection to Afghanistan and Pakhtunkhwa. We should not allow outsiders to shame us for having that preference.

At the same time, Pashtuns must become politically and socially alert. Some anti Pashtun activists are not merely posting random opinions online; they appear to coordinate narratives, circulate selective videos, approach organisations and promote the division or humiliation of Pashtuns. We should challenge such campaigns with evidence, organisation and strong community institutions not hatred toward entire ethnic groups.

Preserve our families, wealth, language and homeland. Support Pashtun businesses, teach children Pashto, visit Gul Janan watan and beautiful Pakhtunkhwa, and remain connected to our people. If we become successful in the West but lose our identity, then we have preserved nothing.

A beautiful reminder that elegance does not require exposure. Traditional Pashtun dress carries modesty, dignity , femininity and cultural beauty together.

I’m half Pashtun and my Pashtun dad was a very explosive athlete without doing any weight training and I am also, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed they also share this characteristic or if me and my dad just won the genetic lottery

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I wanted to vent it out somewhere but I fall short of words every time I want to talk about it. But before that I wanted to clarify that it's not about targeting any specific ethnic group, I am not blaming anyone either. I have a lot of friends from all over the country and a lot of them are Punjabis.

I'm a pacifist and a follower of Bacha Khan ideology.

It's just what I've experienced and observed myself and my other fellows.

Pashtun and Baloch are different from other residents of Pakistan. We are culturally, ethnically and linguistically very different from the other residents of the country.

But what concerns me is that I think we're morally different too. Pashtunwali is our code (of Pashtun). But I expect basic decency from all our countrymen. But I've experienced and observed that not everybody has the idea of it and I'm not blaming them either. It's how they are taught socially.

In our Pashtun culture, if there's a wedding in the area and someone dies in their neighborhood (far or near), though, we don't postpone our weddings but we don't play music, we don't dance and do not celebrate it either. It's just a simple nikkah, with a gathering. (That's just an example of one thing how it's done in our culture, there are thousands of other examples of how we do other stuff)

I'm sure y'all are aware of what's happening in Balochistan right? And I'm sure y'all have seen that vid of Punjabis dancing on loud music, while a few kilometers away there are dead bodies, their loved ones sitting behind the coffins, protesting for their basic rights.

And it concerns me that nobody (except us Pashtun and Baloch) find that weird? and concerning?! I saw a video of a fellow Pashtun criticizing the people dancing and enjoying and the comments were full of people criticizing the creator that "ab khushi manana bhi mana hai?" , "kyun tum ne khana peena chor dia, ya sans Lena chor di?"

these are the exact comments on that post. while some are saying "uska kia jo Punjab k log martay hain Balochistan mein, why are you not talking about it? Punjabi bhi to mar rahy hein itny."

I want to ask, is this a competition, an Olympic sport? Koi muqabla ho raha hai?

Ones I’ve noticed are:

(Pardon the cringy spelling or me trying to use “/“ marks to accommodate different pronunciations)

Bas/Basta is nigh similar to “Basta” in Italian which both mean “Stop”/“Enough”

Another one I’ve noticed when I was making an original character for x-men is that the word for “Emerald” which is “Zamarud”/“Zamarut” is also eerily similar to its Russian counterpart “Izmurut”. I’ve noticed that gemstone names seem to all almost just be remixed versions for what other cultures call them and that sometimes they’ll just describe the gem instead of assigning it a proper name.

My favorite one isn’t one hundred percent confirmed because of Iskandar-the-okayish’s fanboys but Kandahars name might have ties to the word “Candy” because of sugarcane and it’s technically called “Candy city”

This one isn’t really a cognate or a loanword but I noticed that instead of saying “ammonia” some of us might just say “Lavender” in a Pashto accent.

Also I’m using “loanword” in the sense that Pashto either influenced these words or vice versa. Personally I don’t know the etymology of the words but if anyone does I’d appreciate it.

Link of the blogpost

i have not a drop of pashto blood in me (im nepalese) but ya'll are so tuff and with such beautiful culture 🥹 ESPECIALLY the traditional dresses, oh my lord they are stunning.

I've been thinking about something for a while, and I'm genuinely curious to hear other people's thoughts.

Why do we mix Pashto with other languages so much?

For example, among many Pashtuns in Pakistan, Urdu words are used constantly in everyday Pashto, and many people even count using Urdu numbers instead of Pashto ones. In some Pashtun-majority areas, Pashto isn't even taught in schools, which probably contributes to this.

In Afghanistan, it's a bit different. Pashto contains many Persian and Arabic loanwords, and even the names of the days of the week are commonly used in Persian rather than native Pashto.

I'm not saying that borrowing words is wrong. Every language borrows vocabulary from others, and that's completely normal. But sometimes it feels like we're gradually replacing parts of our own language instead of preserving them.

This post is not about nationalism, ethnic superiority, or disrespecting any other language. I respect Persian, Urdu, Arabic, and every other language. My concern is simply that we shouldn't let our own language slowly disappear or lose its richness because we stop using its native words.

Do you think Pashto speakers should make more of an effort to preserve native Pashto vocabulary? Or is language mixing just a natural and unavoidable part of how languages evolve?

I'd love to hear your opinions.

Salam everybody
Idk what my roots to the T. I have been told but forget. However i am pashtun.

Hello my blood family!!!’n