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Originally Posted by Alamgir
I'll let an Afghan (if there are any of this forum) correct you here but simply put Afghans (the Pashtuns rather) have a culture that is very different from both Arabs and Indians. Im not sure what hat you pulled Afghans being more "Indianized" over "Arabized" out from but i know for a fact you will get strongly rebuked by any Afghan for thinking that.
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Keep it in context of Asim's claim of Afghans being more "Mullah" because of them being "Arabized". In that context you will find that Afghans of the regions I mentioned (Kandahar, Peshawar, the Roh), were strongly influenced by radical Islam emnating first from Deoband, India. There is no need to "pull" this claim from any "hat":
Historically there has been a link between ethnic Afghans (here I speak of Pathans) ranging from Rohillkand, UP in India, through Pathan settlements in Punjab, all the way up to the three regions I mentioned in Pathan heartland of NWFP and South-East Afghanistan. Furthermore there is undeniable evidence of the Pathan tribes following clerics from Deoband in little jihads from time to time - the Hindustani Fanatics campaign being the most famous. Many of the modern-day Pakistani movements active in tribal areas are directly descended or inspired by the same school first and foremost.
Any Afghan who would "rebuke" me for this claim -
in this context - is sadly unaware of his/her own history.