The Taliban is largely made up of an ethnic group called the Pashtuns. They are the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan, and also have a significant presence in northwest Pakistan. NPR's John Burnett ...

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The head of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) says several members of the Pakistani human rights group have been detained as they attempted to reach the Supreme Court in Islamabad to demand that the ...

PARACHINAR, Pakistan -- Thousands of men dance to the beat of drums as a Pashtun community in northwestern Pakistan celebrates the arrival of the new year and spring. They say that Norouz, the ...

QUETTA, Pakistan, Nov. 12 -- Leaders of the ethnic Pashtun tribes that dominate central and southern Afghanistan expressed concern and frustration today that battlefield advances by ethnic rivals and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook LSA junior Khadijah Siddiqui draws henna on LSA sophomore Tesneem Aboudane’s hand at the Afghani ...

Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activist Fazal ur Rehman Afridi has vehemently criticised the recent drone strike conducted by the Pakistan Army in Hurmuz, North Waziristan, which resulted in the ...

As India and Pakistan exchange fire across a tense border, one comment from a Pashtun man in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has cut through the fog of war: “Pakistan is not our country… If this war leads to its ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Nationwide protests at the police killing of a young ethnic Pashtun man in Pakistan's largest city have shone a spotlight on allegations of persecution by the authorities against ...

A new rights movement is led by an activist from South Waziristan, a front line in the war on terrorism. Manzoor Pashteen has attracted thousands... Caught Between The Military And Militants, Pakistan ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Nationwide protests at the police killing of a young ethnic Pashtun man in Pakistan's largest city have shone a spotlight on allegations of persecution by the authorities against ...