Pashtuns: A genetically South Asian ethnicity wrapped in self hate(?)

[Arhat]

Turkish and turkik is not one n a same thing n by the way original Turks were mongoloid anyways. Now as I am in office gotta work.

india was in the last several thousand years just a playground for every invader.Everyone who tried to invade india was succesful and without the british colonial empire afghans would still raid india like in the good old times.

[asingh]

actually i have more respect for turks and mongols than for indians which country was in the last several thousand years just a playground for every invader.Everyone who tried to invade india was succesful and without the british colonial empire afghans would still raid india like in the good old times.

But it is still: India. Not that you invaded...!

[Arhat]

But it is still: India. Not that you invaded...!

we dont hate indians and afghans even love your crappy bollywood movies but it is just annoying that some say that we are south asians and belong to india indirectly.We always had our own distinct culture,language and mentality.We are both of indoeuropean origin and iranic and indo-aryan people have many linguistic and cultural similarities but we are also quite different from each other today

[zhaoyun]

Many of the Pashtuns I've met can pass for Mediterranean Europeans. I think one reason why they distance themselves from South Asia is because the Western image of South Asians is associated with Australoid racial mixture. Culturally, I would say Afghans are closer to Iranians than other South Asians, so that's probably another reason.

[Dynamo]

Many of the Pashtuns I've met can pass for Mediterranean Europeans. I think one reason why they distance themselves from South Asia is because the Western image of South Asians is associated with Australoid racial mixture. Culturally, I would say Afghans are closer to Iranians than other South Asians, so that's probably another reason.

Couldn't of said it better, culturally I find no affinity towards South asians in terms of language, morality, traditions, music ec. I would be lying if I said some afghans can't pass in South asia, because they can although even our dark ones( cricket players) hav their own distinct look. Genetically,Yes, out of iranians, Kurds turks and levantines, we have the most South asian influence,but could you be that suprised? I mean afghanistan is right next to South asia, and to be fair, our ancestors did pretty well to minimise the admixturew with South asians( thank god for the mountains). I mean, if you compare the average pashtun to the average punjabi, the South asian is more than double. Did you see my two Afghan friends genetic resukts? There's 2 more afghans but I don't access to it right now.

[Dynamo]

india was in the last several thousand years just a playground for every invader.Everyone who tried to invade india was succesful and without the british colonial empire afghans would still raid india like in the good old times.

Haha without the resistance of afghanistan during the Cold War against the soviets, all these communists country like the Central asian Republic, Eastern Europe and more would not have been freed. Our resistance gave a way for all these countries to claim their freedom. As for India, well, don't get it wrong, it's a great country with a long history, but the British really made indians wipe their ass. Never to afghans. They're still trying and still failing. Nothing new to them. Ask any Brit and they'll throw a fucking tantrum.

[jatt]

india was in the last several thousand years just a playground for every invader.Everyone who tried to invade india was succesful and without the british colonial empire afghans would still raid india like in the good old times.

Afghanistan was the doormat of every invader before they invaded india. Even today your country is used as a whore by Pakistan n west. Daily violated forget india even Pakistan can turn your country into parking lot.

[jatt]

Those central Asian invaders were parasites with no civilization of their own Other than how to live in a tent they knew nothing. Once gunpowder was invented these invaders became the worlds biggest sissies we know today

[jatt]

N regarding mugals. Their kin work as domestic helpers n dishwashers in restaurants of delhi

[Arhat]

Those central Asian invaders were parasites with no civilization of their own Other than how to live in a tent they knew nothing. Once gunpowder was invented these invaders became the worlds biggest sissies we know today

the languages you and most other indians speak are also just a relict of indoeuropean central asian invaders 3000 years ago who subjugated the local dravidians and forced them to speak indo-aryan languages like sanskrit.So your whole civilization is based on the invasion of central asian indoeuropean tribes.Many indians can not accept this facts and create this stupid out of india theories because they can not accept that aryans invaded them and that their own language came from "barbaric" invaders from the northwest