Holy smokes, I thought I’d be offended by ignorance but this guy actually knows what he’s talking about. I’m Pashtun but all afghans are my countrymen regardless of ethnic background. Nice job Mr. Barfield.
"Afghans" don't exist. It's like "American" or "Canadian" except Americans and canadians believe in their countries. Afghanistan is colonial creation just like most Asian and African countries.
@@blackphillip564 My guy, Canada and America were literally European colonies. Canada is the amalgamation of Northern English territories. The creating of Afghanistan as a nation state is not unlike other countries.
I’m mixed with Pashtoon and Tajik. What’s funny is that my tajic cousins speak perfect Pashto, and their Farsi is average. And then some of my Pashtoon cousins speak perfect Farsi, and their Pashto is average. Then there are the ones who speak both well. It‘s rather interesting.
@@MrRhomas913 Tajik is the ethnic group. Dari is the language spoken in Afghanistan beside Pashto as two national languages. Persian or Farsi might be the origins of Dari language but the dialect and the language which is spoken in Afghanistan is Dari not Persian. But Dari speakers can understand the Persian ones yet they are two separate languages. Just like Turkish and Azeri/Azerbaijani they have the same Turkish roots they both can easily understand each other after a few days in one of their countries yet they are two separate languages. Our Dari language and its dialect is much sweeter than that os Persian. Not that it’s one of our languages but this is a fact.
There is a joke from USA, New York, about little mothers from Eastern Europe, who were going with their children to sign up for Public Library cards. These women were described as "being illiterate in five languages". Sorry to say, in the USA, few speak more than one language.
Hindi or Urdu? As per my knowledge, 4 Million Afghan Refugees live in Pakistan and they have learned Urdu over the period of time but you are reluctant to call it Urdu. Indians will never be your friends. Can't you see what they are doing to Muslims in their own country?
Many people do not understand how resilient Afghans are despite their land having been invaded for the last 2600 years, and having one of the most diverse ethnic populations. Afghanistan is actually doing pretty well considering how much interference exists from neighbouring countries and world powers such as the US. Thank your for your video!
Recent DNA analysis proves its not that ethnically diverse as previously though. Many in Afghanistan and some parts of Iran still have their original ancestors genetic DNA called the R1A haplogroup descended from the original persian Aryan ancestors they had called Yamnaya and same common ancestor of europeans. Most are still ethnically and racially white. There are some ethnic groups that are not from original persians/Aryans like the tajik, Uzbek peoples, hazara, smaller populations of Indian/pakistanis (which are dravidians), some Arab, small jew, small Turkic.
Despite of hundreds of ostensible ethnic cultural and linguistic differences , we Indians have accepted it's as a positive thing and live with harmony and love👍💕 Wish Afghanis see peace
Most Indians are too poor to care about politics or revolution. And your government is run by westernized elites. Btw there are a million Naxilite Maoist who don't seem too peaceful.
Trust me when I say the ethnic identities in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan is so different than that of India and South Eastern Pakistan. It is not something comparable, the goals are different the thought process is different. Whether it's Tajik, Uzbek, or Pashtoon, we have always been here and the borders whether it's with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, or Pakistan, means nothing to us. We all have families on each side of the border. And we are one people.
I'm pushtun form Pakistan but I want to say one thing about Afghanistan like I respect all ethics group of Afghanistan and big love form all my bothers and sisters form Afghanistan ❤️💯
@@quiasnoorzad Pashto is an undeveloped and outdated language which has virtually no literature or benefit in learning. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and spoken by hundreds of millions of Muslims in India and Pakistan.
Mohammed Abdul Khader you idiot! You clearly don’t know nothing about the Pashtun language. And for your information there’s no such thing as Urdu it’s Technically a Hindi language that’s mixed with some Farsi and that’s how you get Urdu but your too idiot to know that my Punjabi brother... Pak means pure in Farsi/Pashto and Stan means the land of or place of in Farsi/Pashto but your just a Punjabi that’s clearly ashamed of his Indian background roots and hating on Pashtuns to make yourself feel better...
Lindsay Dees they weren’t in the Stone Age back before the war started. They were actually very modern until the Russian pussies attacked and the wars happened
Hahha prpgressive hahaha. Progressivism is a cancer, and id expectthe afghans to reject it. Afghans have the same ethbic issues of any mukti ethnic coubtry only difference is hiw the power structure works.
@@hamedsadat3315 I wish. I really want to go to Afghanistan but i know because of the war and women rights problem I wouldn’t be able to go to my home land anytime soon😩😢I am afraid of dying and not being able to go once
Treyden Onit yes this was a name given to the king for the land to divide the ppl of the land. Ariana khorasan was northern Afghanistan. AwghanistAn southern Afghanistan. This happened when the pashtoon king sold our land to british india. This is where the term watanforosh comes from
The word Afghan comes from the ancient Ashvakans or in Persian records the Abgan both means the "Horsemen or Horse-masters" in the ancient Indo-Scythian(Saka) language. Saka still live in Afghanistan as the Sakzai or Sakazai tribe.
I’m a proudly An Afghan ... but I can say I’m French too cause I have 2 nationality mostly I love my grandfathers country, hope one day peace come to Afghanistan 🇦🇫❤️🤷🏽♂️
One thing to know is that Afghans still doesn’t accept and agree with the border created between Afghanistan and the land called Pakistan. All of the Pukhtunkhwa belongs to Afghanistan.
@@Mohammadali-cs8gi Well, the ones that don’t consider themselves Afghan are not Afghans nor Pashtuns, they just speak Pashto that’s it, they can stay there We will eventually by the help of God take our land back.
I’m Afghan so for me the important thing is humanity and that’s all. No matter who you are and no matter what is the color of your skin,love and respect each other’s.❤️🌹
Nope try again. The first thing Tajiks will do if they gain power is try to annihilate the Hazaras, you guys don't understand that they are totally Anti-Hazara.
@HAZARA HISTORY You're living in Norway as a refugee, so your opinion doesn't matter at all. Hazara, Tajiks and Uzbeks all have their own countries and can always pack their bags and move back their if they are not happy with us. Its that simple.
I come from mixed background and I really stood out with my mom's family when I was growing up. Found out when I finished High School that my Dad's heritage was from this country.
@@abdirahmanabdi7306 I was given away at birth I was told that she's Italian and Afghan descent. I do not like my mother she gave me away to people who took advantage of me as a small child and I have dealt with Abuse.
Farsi is the modern language in afghanistan . There are 20 percent of pashtuns in afghanistan the speaks farsi . And the 80 percent of pashtun speaks there own language pashto .
Well said but he is wrong on one thing, the Afghan government wants the Pashtunistan area of Pakistan to rejoin with Afghanistan, it doesn't want it to become its own country. Only a few nationalists on the other side want their own country but majority want a loy Afghanistan.
Prince Kabuli Almost all of my family is white and almost every Pashtun that I know looks either white or Middle Eastern. You are a ducking dumb racist. I am not gonna insult Tajiks because most of them are nicer people. But you on the other hand are nothing but a dumb racist pice of crap.
@Prince Kabuli I am pashtune half my family have blue eyes , blond or mousy brown hair and the other half like myself are always considered fair , so I don't know who you have seen.
There is 10 billion in the bank for Afghanistan from those last two deals mentioned in the video. The Taliban want to rule under Sharia and govern the people too. How can this be done when you hold down half of your population from learning needed tasks that will help you govern your country better?
You’re looking at it the wrong way. The sharia is the guidance for how to live in every aspect of your life. There need not be any deviation from that guidance because it creates mischief. The taliban will be able to govern well because they understand that following the Sharia is the only way they can be successful since their country is a deeply religious one. The US tried bringing “democracy” and it has been rejected by most which is why they were able to take over the whole country as quickly as they did. Never has the world seen something like it. It was Gods will.
I'm pashtoon. the ethnic group is doesn't matter for me i love all Afghans the same. anyone who is trying to put hated between us he is our biggest enemy. LOVE YOU ALL ♥️🇦🇫♥️
Sir you hit the nail on the head , to Afghan it’s definitely what is my cut in the table, it’s the same in a family in which two maybe three generations live together and quite harmonious as long as everyone feels counted, then they don’t mind. Same scenario in the country,. You talk about information. I remember my grandfather listening to Siabeen BBC every evening without fail , and we lived close enough to Pakistan border,to get the Peshawar news on our TV, but he didn’t like watching that, even though he liked the Pashto dramas.
Afghanistan had more then 5000 years of history, Even more then 5000y because before that is not written or not noted. Another names in periodes of time but Same people. You know Why Afghans NEVER don't give up? because they are optimist. Afghans fight each other but when a threat has come in to Afghanistan. They always stand together to fight the enemy . Then they don't fight for the ethnic groups. The new generations are more for being United not fighting each other.
The smallest groups make the most noise. Almost all Afghans of every ethnic group do not want to separate or hate their fellow countrymen. All the people just want is peace. So dont follow the path of hate, resolve this problem and defend our country against our enemies/neighbors 🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫
India is one of the most ethnically diverse places on earth. Not only a multitudes of ethnicities but also different races. We understand our unity is in our diversity. Amazing place... That's India!
Here in cameroon my country we are the country where there is the biggest number of ethnic in the world, we have more than 80 tribes here but we don't fight each other using weapons , it's a miracle from God
All of us are Afghan at the end of the day however sadly some people don’t understand that. This is why our country is in this crisis, we need to learn to accept and love eachother as we are all created by god. We must unite as afghans and make Afghanistan great. 🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫❤️❤️❤️
Milad Stanikzai lmaooohow about this , you go to your ancestral homes and I’ll go to mine ... mine is basically Kabul , mazar , balkh , Herat , samarqand , Bukhara while yours is way below the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan ... not my failt abdur Rahman sold your homeland to the British .... lol . Go back to sulaiman mountains and I’ll go back to the cities my ancestors built thousands of years ago ...
Milad Stanikzai lol buddy what do people speak in afg ? Farsi or Pashto ? What languages does a uzbek or hazara use to communicate with a Pashtun ? The language of Tajiks ! Who built all these cities ?? Lol your homeland is in today’s Pakistan so bye to yoy
Milad Stanikzai lol what u mean go back ? We built the cities , named the rivers , streets , mountains etc .. everybody that entered the region adopted our language and culture not yours ! Sadly your people gained power 300 years ago and 150 years after gaining power changed the name of khorasan to afghansitan with the help of your british boyfriends
@@TheAfghan72 lol bro is Tajiks are the real native people of not only afg but Central Asia , we built all the cities , named all the towns , rivers , mountains etc . Everybody that entered Central Asia adopted our customs and culture from thousands years ago to even now . Afg is named after you guys but Afghan language no one speaks but only half of pashtuns them selves . Hate it not people are becoming tajikified . When pashtuns from the mountains and villages enter the cities they adopt Tajik culture and language . Tell me that’s not true . I get you can speak tajiki/farsi but I can’t speak Pashto . In France they speak French , in Italy Italian , in England English etc but in Afghanistan’s case 80% of the country don’t even speak or know the “Afghan “ language. ... that just says it all Man . It’s all love peace
@@TheAfghan72 you all either need to join your brothers on the Pakistani side or agree to form Pashtunistan craving out of southern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan mainly kpk & north waziristan, for the greater good & regional peace. That way you can keep your taliban & pashtunwali all to yourselves as the rest of us aren’t interested in learning to speak Pashto or following a foreign code of conduct that has nothing to do with the rest of us.
@HAZARA HISTORY No matter what you try, but you cannot get independence from Afghanistan and you will be Afghan and will be under Afghan/pashtun . You were defeated and occupied your lands by afghan/pashtun in the past that centuries year ago
You guys have done a lot of freedom effert from afghan/pashtun ,but no freedom has come to your hand . Almost the ussr sapported you but they gotten defeated against pashtun . And now you recently watched how you nato friends destroyed and ran away from afghan/pashtun .
@HAZARA HISTORY And listen to me, you will never be able to get freedom from Afghanistan because we have fought defeated the Russia and the americans not only on our pashtun region and lands but also we fought on your lands too and they are now our lands on which you live. .
@HAZARA HISTORY and in the past you tajik uzbek turkmen hazaras etc were defeated and occupied your lands by pashtun/afghans . And you will never be able to get freedom from afghan/pashtun .
We are Khursani Muslims, The Atrak. Same bloodline unites us. USA, Britain, USSR or anyone else can not divide or defeat us. We have done it before and will do it again. Stay strong.
That was an amazing lecture. Thank you. I guess the question to ask now is: will the Taliban allow Afghanistan to focus on its potential and the future? It took Vietnam years to learn that lesson after beating America.
Wtf are you talking about? You know America was so bitter of the embarrassing defeat in Vietnam that they only lifted the embargo in 1995? That's the reason for the slower development.
Robert Young: It’s interesting that the Afghans commenting don’t seem to raise objections to his claims, but you do. And apparently you didn’t listen closely because he doesn’t compare Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, he contrasts them.
Hindu name derived for the people stayed surrounding Hindukush mountain. Mahabharat the great epic cites Gandhara the present day Kandahar place of Gandhari wife of dhritarashtra. A great place of vedic learning.
British undercover agents were counted with the help of the United Nations from 2003 to 2009, but the British said that after the withdrawal of all international troops, they would publish the following: The first place is taken by Tajiks or Persians 39,70 Afghans or Pashto 32.60% Uzbeks and Turkmen 11.29% Hazaras and Shiites 10.50% Nuristanis and Baluchis Mosquitoes 4,60 Hindus and Sikhs 1.3% Note: It is noteworthy that the British government was the first You have also introduced the Tajiks and the second millenniums with their rich artistic and historical culture. In this census and Pashto languages, some people have introduced tribal and traditional peoples.
Well explained everything. I have watched his lecture on the same topic that was delivered in 2013 in Pittsburg university. I’m Pashtun from the Pakistan side. And I call myself Afghan. Our forefathers’ history roots back to the noble land of Afghanistan. We always keep our deep concerns about what happens to Pashtuns of the other side.
@Danish Hazara just because Pakistan has occupied them doesn't mean they are not afghans, the were and will be afghans, pashtoon means afghan and afghan means pashtoon
@@seriously1680 your sentence shows how much concerned and worried are you about it, they are already part of Afghanistan, whatever is mine, i don't have to claim it, it already is mine and will always be, and pakistan will always bark for it to get it but never will
Barfield exemplifies the anthropological perspective that is based on descriptive dynamic facts from a contextual framework of reality. Of course that contemporary context Is analyzed through the ethnographic lens. I.e. ethnographic methodology.
This makes sense as why the Pakistan government keeps the Pashtuns focused upon afghanistan instead of Pakistan it keeps them distracted from trying to take over Pakistan , and keeps them pointed in another direction.
I don't think that is accurate, at least presently. Almost all Pakistani Pashtuns prefer the Pakistani nationality. Most top military leaders have been Pashtun. Moreover, a high proportion of the military soldiers is and has been made up of Pashtuns. The Prime Minister today is a Pashtun with most of his support is from non-pashtun province of Punjab. Those who like play the Pashtun independence card usually tend to be the political tail-enders, who lack support in the public. Sometimes, when "religious" parties can't get attention, they also like to play this card. Afghans have gotten into a habit of blaming others for the inherit problem of distrust amongst each other, at least at the leadership level. Even Biden referenced to it in his last address a few days ago. It is interesting, after crowing "Pakistan" "Pakistan" for the last decade, the ex-government officials disappeared like ghosts.
Pashtun from Khyber, would rather be with Tajiks. Why? We are all Iranic. East Iranic, Pashtuns and Tajiks are like brothers, very little genetic difference between eachother. All East Iranics are Afghans
Wish I had this guy for Poli Sci in university. Just discovered him. Have had a fascination with Afghan people and culture since I was a boy. Will definitely get his book
Hi, Spirit Hawk. I can definitely recommend a book called, 'A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush' by Eric Newby. Read it many years ago and wanted very much to travel there but that wish became impossible to fulfill after the Russians invaded.
Thank you Mr. Barfield for this most important video. I found it educational and enlightening. Perhaps a change in perspective will help. What if we look upon each ethnicity as a unique flower with colours, shapes and fragrances all it's own. Each ethnic group or culture has talents and skills to contribute to society, and a legacy to pass on to their children. Next, Let us fly up to a great and wondrous height in the blue sky above. With a bird's eye view we are able to see all of the beautiful flowers of every variety, together they grow toward the Sun and wave back and forth by the cool breeze of the evening time. A kaleidescope of colours appear, and the mixing of the fragrances rises into the air, a most pleasant sensation to our eyes and nostrils. Much like a giant field of Wildflowers, so can Afghanistan become.
@@patron75 because you uzbek tajik hazaras turkmen of afghanistan always friends to the enemey of afghan/pashtuns and you tajik uzbek hazaras turkmen always surrender to the invaders and you sell your women to them so that the invaders couldnot hurt you thats why we pashtun slughtere you and genicides you . If you are afraid to fight against the enemey you can surrender as you have surrendered to the russians more than half of your uzbek tajik turkmen etc lands are occupied and pashtuns in afghanistan protect you and under the occupation of your lands with pashtun an to the russians so you can surrender but if you want we can give your lands to the russia but donnot friendship with them . So there will be no danger from pashtuns .
@@اتل3757 We sell our selves to the foreigners 😂 ashraf ghani gets fed by america and hes pashtun same with karzai, who was the main commander that faut the soviets? ahmad shah massoud. Who was the leader that sold our land to brits to create pakistan? A pashtun king now tell me who sells them selves to foreigners
No, bringing Karzai to power was not part of the deal. No Afghansitans boundaries were not stable during the past 250 years. And yes Afghansitan is an artificial state with all its boundries drawn by the British and Russians!!!
We all love each other when it is convenient. Don't come here and say that you love every other ethnicity. You do it until it is convenient. When the chips are down, every one else is an enemy in Afghanistan.
I visited Afghanistan. It was very sad the things I witnessed. They are bombed back into stone ages both in structure, injustice, and character of people.
That was very interesting, especially the bit about age demographics. If the taliban want to hold on to any semblance of power - they will have to compromise massively. The worry is that they wont and there will be more fighting, that they will eventually lose but it could be years
It's not about winning or losing but what's in it for everyone in the game of cards, even if they don't agree amongst themselves but, the card table must be in one piece and the deal must continue.
@@sithersproductions the battle ahead for them isn't against any western powers. They can win wars, but can they hold peace? not in their current form. They will have to compromise and i think they will. I dont think it will go back to how it was in the 90s
Very accurate, spot on. A lot of folks don't seem to understand that there is a strong enough emotional and pragmatic sense of "Afghanness" among the ethnic groups. The actual governance and accountability is very localized and across some tribal lineages. The closest thing I can think about it in the West is Switzerland, in the sense that ethnicity is not the defining part for political support of a state. There are differences, of course, especially since in Switzerland the Swiss Germans are a clear 65% of the majority. Moreover, the Swiss have developed a form of governance that actually works, where the canton-based organization has given much more stability than the unitary state formulas that have been attempted by many in the last 150 years. A federal or confederate model would work a lot better for AFGH than the unitary-style of the latest kings, Soviets, Mujahedeen, Taliban and Americans.
What our current problem is that “Afghan” by definition in Dari and Pashto means “Pashtun” and doesn’t involve other ethnicities. Also “Afghanistan” means the land of the Pashtuns. If the government, which is dominated by Pashtuns, would agree to find out another name that’s neutral, everyone would be happy. The whole debate is I think not about the ethnicities disliking each other, but about one ethnicity labeling all others with their name. Like the man in the video said, it’s important to all ethnicities what role they are going to play in an multicultural and -linguistic national state. I personally have no problem with other ethnicities, although there might be a lot of differences between us. What all Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek & co. are worried about is, the Pashtuns (not all of them, but the racist ones) who want to dominate the country in every aspect of our lives. And that’s smth other ethnicities won’t accept. They won’t accept their identities to be faded away. All other ethnicities don’t want domination, but involvement in the government and economics. We want our politicians to get elected considering their competence, not ethnicity. Unfortunately due to the government being dominated by the Pashtuns, they do all kind of corruption for the president to remain always a Pashtun.
I understand your objection, having lived in Wales, and when abroad being called “Englishman”, and when listening or looking at The BBC being reminded that I was either ignored or excluded. The one advantage for non Pashto’s is that the dominant language in Afghanistan is Dari That is the key to maintaining a balance and preventing Pashto dominance. The Regions and cities that use Dari can never been suppressed especially if there is freedom of the mass media. This also helps the Hazara as they have one importan neighbor who they share a language and a religion with. Tajiks Dominate the cities and together with the many other Afghan ethnic groups have neighboring states ; I.e. Tajikistan.Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan . The World know understands that there are many ethnic groups who live in Afghanistan, including Pashto, but the World outside do no interpret the Name Afghanistan as Pashtostan. Many people know understand that the Taliban are mostly Pashto and that Pashto make up 40% of the Afghan population and that 60% are made up of others ethnic groups. This is why the Outside World insists that Afghan government must represent all groups and the rights of all groups must be safeguarded.♦️♦️♦️
pashtuns will forever dominate afghanistan cause like u said pashtuns mean afghan. pashtuns have created the culture that the other ethnicity’s in afg have been influenced by, i get what u mean by a ‘neutral’ name but that doesn’t seem fair or would work? for example tajiks in afghanistan have tajikistan and so do uzbeks who have uzbekistan… afghanistan is meant for pashtuns but colonial borders is the problem to ur question.
Proud to be Tajik everything Belongs to us Food names the holly book of Avesta the prophet asho zartosht who was born in Balkh he was also Tajik all the food people cook in Afghanistan and Central Asia belongs to Tajiks remember that thanks
Lmao Tajiks have NO history in Afghanistan other than being mere immigrants. Everything in Afghanistan is of Pashtun origin and Zoraster was a Pashtun and guess what? He spoke Avestan which Pashto language descends from.
3rd century? that's cute. Pashtuns have lived in Afghanistan since 3000BC and have created vast empires that have stretched from Persia to India. What have Tajiks done other than being racist to Pashtuns?
Lol what? Forget the Mongols, you actually think you beat the British? LOL. Last time i checked, the British invaded the Pashtuns areas of the east and Khyber and were defeated by different Pashtun tribes not once but 3 times. Where were Tajiks? Even the British don't mention you in their time in Afghanistan but mention Hazaras and Uzbeks. And i thought you guys saw yourselves as Persians? so how can you beat the same people you claim to be? You're confused dude, i bet you think Kandahar is Tajik land lmao.
I'm tajik not afghan .. afghan or Afghanistan is a name that put it by GB emperor about 140 years before.. our country name is khurasan land of poems poetry history.. etc.. our land is stoled and we will take it back God will...
Yes we pashtun/afghan invaded and subduded you and occupied your lands not stolen you idiot . It was not any thing else that were to stoled lol it was a land of you tajik people we subduded all of your tajikistan but russian attacked and on other side british attacked then some of the area now in the slaves of russia . And some of the tajik land with pashtun . But not only the tajiks . Pashtun/afghans also invaded the others countries uzbek turkmen hazaras(first subduded by pashtun) and also iranian in the southern afghanistan .
A-B HOTAK who said that Tajiks Uzbek proud on being afghan we hate from afghan name Afghan mean terror narcotics corruption we can say proudly we are Tajiks the mean problem in Afghanistan is pashtoon they roll the country they are Taliban they are Isis they are burning the schools blowing up the roads destroyed all country they don't live like humans they don't let the others to live like humans always killing the innocent people
When u go back to 9/11 right after the attacks that's when people started treating Middle Eastern people's horribly in the U.S. I can remember that. So Laden tainted this community
"When the International Community arrived in Afghanistan..." what does he mean? US and British forces? Very disappointed with this video, thought it would say something about Afghanistan, but it is from a totally Western perspective. Comparing it to US involvement in the Balkans? This guy is not concerned with Afghanistan at all. He's a voice of the Pentagon.
what is your information based on and how accurate are they? the way he speaks with that confident even i will not be that sure as a person who grew up and been through all these things
I am a pashtun/Afghan. Most of the time I listened views of scholars about pashtuns they reached to a wrong conclusion except you. What you have said about pashtuns they are exactly like this.
I heard that the ethnic groups fight among each other, then go together to pray in a mosque. i guess fighting is more of a pass time among the Afghans.
Karzai was elected as president not by the minority ethnics of Northern Afghanistan but by international community, because they knew that the Pashtuns who make more than 60% of Afghan population will never accept a tajik or hazara or Uzbek president in their country and this will never end the civil war, so that is why the president should be a pashtun
The ethnic groups in Afghans are hard players. They have been winning over centuries. What makes them hard players is that they leave no scope for development and modernization.
Holy smokes, I thought I’d be offended by ignorance but this guy actually knows what he’s talking about. I’m Pashtun but all afghans are my countrymen regardless of ethnic background. Nice job Mr. Barfield.
"Afghans" don't exist. It's like "American" or "Canadian" except Americans and canadians believe in their countries. Afghanistan is colonial creation just like most Asian and African countries.
@@blackphillip564 Afghanistan is strange because it is a colonial creation that wasn't ever truly "colonized".
What a terrific educational video from this speaker. Thank you. RS. Canada
This guy has some wonderful lectures on Afghanistan. I’ve been binging his stuff recently. Truly an intelligent and thoughtful man
@@blackphillip564 My guy, Canada and America were literally European colonies. Canada is the amalgamation of Northern English territories. The creating of Afghanistan as a nation state is not unlike other countries.
I’m mixed with Pashtoon and Tajik. What’s funny is that my tajic cousins speak perfect Pashto, and their Farsi is average. And then some of my Pashtoon cousins speak perfect Farsi, and their Pashto is average. Then there are the ones who speak both well. It‘s rather interesting.
Hi Aly. When they say "Dari"...How different is that from Persian or Tajik? Ethnologue defines them as separate languages.
@@MrRhomas913 Tajik is the ethnic group. Dari is the language spoken in Afghanistan beside Pashto as two national languages. Persian or Farsi might be the origins of Dari language but the dialect and the language which is spoken in Afghanistan is Dari not Persian. But Dari speakers can understand the Persian ones yet they are two separate languages. Just like Turkish and Azeri/Azerbaijani they have the same Turkish roots they both can easily understand each other after a few days in one of their countries yet they are two separate languages. Our Dari language and its dialect is much sweeter than that os Persian. Not that it’s one of our languages but this is a fact.
@@wakmanazimi1643 Thanks for the info!
@@wakmanazimi1643 no dari is Persian just Iranians like to gate keep their dialect of Farsi as Persian.
@@dwdwwdw8049 Not at all. You have to educate yourself. All our linguistic, official and government resources and documents states Dari as a language.
wow ... so much knowledge in one video! Well done sir, you are the first one I've heard that nails the subject 100% correctly.
I have a classmate from Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and I may let her know what I’ve learned about her culture.
PASHTUN=TERRORIST
@@sayeedhusseinsadat3284 BRUH YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL EVERYONE. AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, PASHTUNS IS AN EASTERN IRANIAN TRIBE
hossin maddoh YOU= Criticism and Hate.
@@sayeedhusseinsadat3284 asshole
@@abramshk2947 are you Muslim? Do you like israel....🤔
My Dad grew up in Afghanistan and speaks 7 languages: Pashto, Hindi, English (I don’t know the rest). 🇦🇫
Interesting how he learnt Hindi, there isn't really a native Hindi/Urdu speaking group in Afghanistan from what I know.
Wosh he probably migrated to Pakistan during the war and learned there. That’s what happened with my mom
There is a joke from USA, New York, about little mothers from Eastern Europe, who were going with their children to sign up for Public Library cards.
These women were described as "being illiterate in five languages".
Sorry to say, in the USA, few speak more than one language.
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Hindi or Urdu? As per my knowledge, 4 Million Afghan Refugees live in Pakistan and they have learned Urdu over the period of time but you are reluctant to call it Urdu. Indians will never be your friends. Can't you see what they are doing to Muslims in their own country?
Please get an update on what Mr. Barfield thinks will happen next, Taliban 2.0
I'm with you on that. Heartbroken seeing the Panshir Valley fall......
@@spirithawk2418 LOL,, WHY should majority of afghan should care about Former CIA officer Amrullah Saleh
th-cam.com/video/-6j0lMqwSvU/w-d-xo.html his response is here
@@RMC1989 Thank you!
@@RMC1989 - Thank you very much.
I’m afghan, it doesn’t matter what ethnic group you are, you’re still afghan. I’m Tajik myself.
Gurkhani
I'm not political Afghan
I'm hazara and im not afghan.
Afghan mean is Pashtun.
Jeff Anderson Ok Jeff Anderson 💀
Unfortunately most afghans dont see it that way. So if u r not pashtun u r automatically inferior
Pakistani Atheist Why are you even worrying about afghan stuff. Your pakistani stay in your lane biss.
Brilliant man honest critique and good summarisation
Many people do not understand how resilient Afghans are despite their land having been invaded for the last 2600 years, and having one of the most diverse ethnic populations. Afghanistan is actually doing pretty well considering how much interference exists from neighbouring countries and world powers such as the US. Thank your for your video!
imagine getting free education / healthcare only to allow the taliban back, followed by trying to migrate to the west
Recent DNA analysis proves its not that ethnically diverse as previously though. Many in Afghanistan and some parts of Iran still have their original ancestors genetic DNA called the R1A haplogroup descended from the original persian Aryan ancestors they had called Yamnaya and same common ancestor of europeans. Most are still ethnically and racially white. There are some ethnic groups that are not from original persians/Aryans like the tajik, Uzbek peoples, hazara, smaller populations of Indian/pakistanis (which are dravidians), some Arab, small jew, small Turkic.
Thank you very much sir
I acknowledge your remarkable opinions and respect your ideas as Afghan
Despite of hundreds of ostensible ethnic cultural and linguistic differences , we Indians have accepted it's as a positive thing and live with harmony and love👍💕
Wish Afghanis see peace
Most Indians are too poor to care about politics or revolution. And your government is run by westernized elites. Btw there are a million Naxilite Maoist who don't seem too peaceful.
Trust me when I say the ethnic identities in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan is so different than that of India and South Eastern Pakistan. It is not something comparable, the goals are different the thought process is different. Whether it's Tajik, Uzbek, or Pashtoon, we have always been here and the borders whether it's with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, or Pakistan, means nothing to us. We all have families on each side of the border. And we are one people.
I'm pushtun form Pakistan but I want to say one thing about Afghanistan like I respect all ethics group of Afghanistan and big love form all my bothers and sisters form Afghanistan ❤️💯
Afghanistan bane ga Pakistan
Do you understand Pashto? Or only Urdu/Punjabi?? I noticed Pashtuns in Pakistan are becoming more indian living under Punjabi rule
@@quiasnoorzad Pashto is an undeveloped and outdated language which has virtually no literature or benefit in learning. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and spoken by hundreds of millions of Muslims in India and Pakistan.
Mohammed Abdul Khader you idiot! You clearly don’t know nothing about the Pashtun language. And for your information there’s no such thing as Urdu it’s Technically a Hindi language that’s mixed with some Farsi and that’s how you get Urdu but your too idiot to know that my Punjabi brother... Pak means pure in Farsi/Pashto and Stan means the land of or place of in Farsi/Pashto but your just a Punjabi that’s clearly ashamed of his Indian background roots and hating on Pashtuns to make yourself feel better...
@@quiasnoorzad so there's no such thing as English? Its technically Latin and French and some German too?
I am hezare but I love all of my countrymate.
You're a traitor to Hazaras!!!!
Love you too. Don't listen to these traitors to Afghanistan!
@HISTORY FARSI dude don't you think you are just a bit negative??? I wonder how you live you life with such a poor mental state!
@HISTORY FARSI ur id shows ur from iran , pretty disgusting
Armin A then you gotta go back & fuck you own ancestors 🥴🤭
I'm slowly embracing this part of my background. It's a fascinating country
I’m glad🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫🦁🦁🦁✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽we are the best
Afghanistan for sure will rise like s phoenix & soon become a progressive prosperous state, people. Thoughts from India.
Lindsay Dees they weren’t in the Stone Age back before the war started. They were actually very modern until the Russian pussies attacked and the wars happened
Hahha prpgressive hahaha. Progressivism is a cancer, and id expectthe afghans to reject it. Afghans have the same ethbic issues of any mukti ethnic coubtry only difference is hiw the power structure works.
Well, that didn't age well.
Great analysis but I don't think Pakistan will ever let Afghanistan prosper
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Lol Pakistan isn't making you kill each others.. 😂
Basharat Ali Well they definitely have funded Al-Qaeda in the region for a while, and did lead the socialist government in the 80s to collapse.
Afghanistan progressing is a threat to pashtun uprising in North west pakistan, this is the reason why pakistanis want Afghanistan to stay down.
Whatttttttttt
im from afghanistan my language is pashto but i love alls afghan!! for me dosnt metter wich language thy are speaking we are alls afghan...
@HISTORY FARSI shut up. Lawda
I'm hazara and afgan I feel the same way.... let's rebuild our country friends ✅💝
I'm hazara and im not afghan.
Afghan means is pashton.
And pashtoons are talibans.
And talibans killing and terror my folk
@@HazaraTechnic Then get out of Afghanistan!
@@atticusrumi i don't accept the Afghanistan name, coz that's a FAKE NANE.
And WE WILL CHANGE IT. YOU fascist.
Wish all people from Afghanistan can live peacefully in a modern world!
Give it 5 years and it will happen
@@hamedsadat3315 I wish. I really want to go to Afghanistan but i know because of the war and women rights problem I wouldn’t be able to go to my home land anytime soon😩😢I am afraid of dying and not being able to go once
This is the best recomendation ever
Afghanistan ( Arya)(khurasan )the old name was .
Treyden Onit yes this was a name given to the king for the land to divide the ppl of the land. Ariana khorasan was northern Afghanistan. AwghanistAn southern Afghanistan. This happened when the pashtoon king sold our land to british india. This is where the term watanforosh comes from
@@persianppl2299 hahahah look at your name🤣 you can at least hide your motives, stupid sucker
The word Afghan comes from the ancient Ashvakans or in Persian records the Abgan both means the "Horsemen or Horse-masters" in the ancient Indo-Scythian(Saka) language. Saka still live in Afghanistan as the Sakzai or Sakazai tribe.
@@persianppl2299 Our land Abdur Rahman was padtun and sold Pashtun lands not Persian lands. Persian lands were invaded by soviets
I’m a proudly An Afghan ... but I can say I’m French too cause I have 2 nationality mostly I love my grandfathers country, hope one day peace come to Afghanistan 🇦🇫❤️🤷🏽♂️
Me as an Afghan proud of you
One thing to know is that Afghans still doesn’t accept and agree with the border created between Afghanistan and the land called Pakistan. All of the Pukhtunkhwa belongs to Afghanistan.
The pashtuns of pakistan do not want to be a part of Afghanistan.
@@Mohammadali-cs8gi
Well, the ones that don’t consider themselves Afghan are not Afghans nor Pashtuns, they just speak Pashto that’s it, they can stay there We will eventually by the help of God take our land back.
Afghans should emulate the Swiss: 4 languages, 2 ethnicities, powerful neighbours. But still one of the most wealthy countries in the whole world.
Don't forget it's also landlocked.
Very good correct controlled information and presentation.
I’m Afghan so for me the important thing is humanity and that’s all. No matter who you are and no matter what is the color of your skin,love and respect each other’s.❤️🌹
We are one nation afghan ,,,,, we fight together against our enemies
If we get divided only Pashtuns will be separated hazara ozbik and Tajiks are ok and we can deal each other we will in peace
Nope try again. The first thing Tajiks will do if they gain power is try to annihilate the Hazaras, you guys don't understand that they are totally Anti-Hazara.
@@TheAfghan72 no I'm tajik on of my closest friends is a hazara
One
@HAZARA HISTORY You're living in Norway as a refugee, so your opinion doesn't matter at all. Hazara, Tajiks and Uzbeks all have their own countries and can always pack their bags and move back their if they are not happy with us.
Its that simple.
@@TheAfghan72 the land of Afghanistan isn't the pashtuns
Brilliant analysis.
I come from mixed background and I really stood out with my mom's family when I was growing up. Found out when I finished High School that my Dad's heritage was from this country.
What about your mom background?
@@abdirahmanabdi7306 I was given away at birth I was told that she's Italian and Afghan descent. I do not like my mother she gave me away to people who took advantage of me as a small child and I have dealt with Abuse.
Where have the smart people like this guy been over the last 20 years while we pissed $2 trillion away on absolutely nothing???
I'm Pashtun... to be honest, we might have civil war bt if any outsider interferes we are one and we will be just like what we did with Russia...
Tajik Language is Dari
Pashto Language is Pashto
Afghan language is Farsi/Dari and Pashto
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Farzad Sultani Great Ariana
Farsi not Dari= Hazara, Tajik, Aymaq.
Farsi is the modern language in afghanistan . There are 20 percent of pashtuns in afghanistan the speaks farsi . And the 80 percent of pashtun speaks there own language pashto .
Anonymous 0o81 not Farsi only Dari and Pashto
saad khan Farsi is Persian(irani) Dari is from Afghanistan
Well nuanced and interesting story. Well done
Well said but he is wrong on one thing, the Afghan government wants the Pashtunistan area of Pakistan to rejoin with Afghanistan, it doesn't want it to become its own country. Only a few nationalists on the other side want their own country but majority want a loy Afghanistan.
@Prince Kabuli BRUH MY FAMILY HAS WHITE SKIN AND WE ARE PASHTUNS YOU RACIST SICK PERSON
Prince Kabuli Almost all of my family is white and almost every Pashtun that I know looks either white or Middle Eastern. You are a ducking dumb racist.
I am not gonna insult Tajiks because most of them are nicer people. But you on the other hand are nothing but a dumb racist pice of crap.
@Prince Kabuli I am pashtune half my family have blue eyes , blond or mousy brown hair and the other half like myself are always considered fair , so I don't know who you have seen.
There is 10 billion in the bank for Afghanistan from those last two deals mentioned in the video. The Taliban want to rule under Sharia and govern the people too. How can this be done when you hold down half of your population from learning needed tasks that will help you govern your country better?
You’re looking at it the wrong way. The sharia is the guidance for how to live in every aspect of your life. There need not be any deviation from that guidance because it creates mischief. The taliban will be able to govern well because they understand that following the Sharia is the only way they can be successful since their country is a deeply religious one. The US tried bringing “democracy” and it has been rejected by most which is why they were able to take over the whole country as quickly as they did. Never has the world seen something like it. It was Gods will.
*the afghans or let me say non-pashtuns didnt agree on a pashtun leader it is all america and thats all im going to say. if you understand ,chapeau!*
Haha do you why it’s called Afghanistan?I bet not😂😂
I'm trying to learn about my background in this area. Thankyou for this information.
Good information
I'm pashtoon. the ethnic group is doesn't matter for me i love all Afghans the same. anyone who is trying to put hated between us he is our biggest enemy.
LOVE YOU ALL ♥️🇦🇫♥️
Afghan means Pashtun.
Excellent analysis
Sir you hit the nail on the head , to Afghan it’s definitely what is my cut in the table, it’s the same in a family in which two maybe three generations live together and quite harmonious as long as everyone feels counted, then they don’t mind. Same scenario in the country,.
You talk about information. I remember my grandfather listening to Siabeen BBC every evening without fail , and we lived close enough to Pakistan border,to get the Peshawar news on our TV, but he didn’t like watching that, even though he liked the Pashto dramas.
Afghanistan had more then 5000 years of history, Even more then 5000y because before that is not written or not noted. Another names in periodes of time but Same people. You know Why Afghans NEVER don't give up? because they are optimist. Afghans fight each other but when a threat has come in to Afghanistan. They always stand together to fight the enemy . Then they don't fight for the ethnic groups. The new generations are more for being United not fighting each other.
pashtun=💩 💩 💩
@Prince Kabuli
so why the hell are you immigrants in our country???
The smallest groups make the most noise. Almost all Afghans of every ethnic group do not want to separate or hate their fellow countrymen. All the people just want is peace. So dont follow the path of hate, resolve this problem and defend our country against our enemies/neighbors 🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫
India is one of the most ethnically diverse places on earth. Not only a multitudes of ethnicities but also different races. We understand our unity is in our diversity. Amazing place... That's India!
A regular semi utopia. India.
Most Indians are way too poor to revolt. India doesn't have peace it had extreme poverty.
@Usman Khysta Kheil you got that right... They definitely think different...
Here in cameroon my country we are the country where there is the biggest number of ethnic in the world, we have more than 80 tribes here but we don't fight each other using weapons , it's a miracle from God
Bruh aren't there separatist groups in Cameroon fighting for "ambazonia" or something like that.
Cameroon: we have 80 tribes/ethnics?
Indonesia : we have ten thousand Islands with hundreds of ethnicity and languages 🙈
@@tobiisiba1641 hahaha it's not an ethincal fight, it's just a conspiracy to overthrow our president, so it's different
All of us are Afghan at the end of the day however sadly some people don’t understand that. This is why our country is in this crisis, we need to learn to accept and love eachother as we are all created by god. We must unite as afghans and make Afghanistan great. 🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫❤️❤️❤️
I'm a hazara and im not afghan.
@@HazaraTechnic it is our country and only Pashtoon are afghans , afghans and pashton , patan and pakhtoon at synonyms.
@@sher1411 exactly afghan means pashtoon. But you are not the owner of country.
This country must be divided. And we will.
Yes, my gift to you is: Permaculture.
Learn about it, teach it, and it will make your land shine, and your future bright!
@@lindapolle1665
Unfortunately. Pashtuns are radical Muslim. They don't know what's the Culture!
They just knows Jihad.
I love and admire my people there is no race in Afghanistan 🤝🤝🤝
Tanks for nice information
there is tho..
There is
I'm a proud Tajik Parsiwan from Laghman
Our land of khorasan was hikacked and named Afghanistan 120 years ago by pashtuns n British Indians
Milad Stanikzai lmaooohow about this , you go to your ancestral homes and I’ll go to mine ... mine is basically Kabul , mazar , balkh , Herat , samarqand , Bukhara while yours is way below the Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan ... not my failt abdur Rahman sold your homeland to the British .... lol . Go back to sulaiman mountains and I’ll go back to the cities my ancestors built thousands of years ago ...
Milad Stanikzai lol buddy what do people speak in afg ? Farsi or Pashto ? What languages does a uzbek or hazara use to communicate with a Pashtun ? The language of Tajiks ! Who built all these cities ?? Lol your homeland is in today’s Pakistan so bye to yoy
Milad Stanikzai lol what u mean go back ? We built the cities , named the rivers , streets , mountains etc .. everybody that entered the region adopted our language and culture not yours ! Sadly your people gained power 300 years ago and 150 years after gaining power changed the name of khorasan to afghansitan with the help of your british boyfriends
@@Spitamenes007 No you're an Amu Darya jumper from modern day Tajikistan. You aren't native to Kabul or the north.
@@TheAfghan72 lol bro is Tajiks are the real native people of not only afg but Central Asia , we built all the cities , named all the towns , rivers , mountains etc . Everybody that entered Central Asia adopted our customs and culture from thousands years ago to even now . Afg is named after you guys but Afghan language no one speaks but only half of pashtuns them selves . Hate it not people are becoming tajikified . When pashtuns from the mountains and villages enter the cities they adopt
Tajik culture and language . Tell me that’s not true . I get you can speak tajiki/farsi but I can’t speak Pashto . In France they speak French , in Italy Italian , in England English etc but in Afghanistan’s case 80% of the country don’t even speak or know the “Afghan “ language. ... that just says it all
Man . It’s all love peace
Thank you for this video. Extremely insightful and well thought out and delivered.
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We only be united when the Pashtuns people must forget the Pakistan Pashtuns and Afghanistan name must be changed
@Treyden Onit Our brother Bismillah is day dreaming 😄 a habit that has failed whoever is affected...
Sorry, we can't do that.
@@TheAfghan72 you all either need to join your brothers on the Pakistani side or agree to form Pashtunistan craving out of southern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan mainly kpk & north waziristan, for the greater good & regional peace. That way you can keep your taliban & pashtunwali all to yourselves as the rest of us aren’t interested in learning to speak Pashto or following a foreign code of conduct that has nothing to do with the rest of us.
@@QBaniFam Go back to Tajikistan
@@TheAfghan72 your “people” have built nothing and created nothing. Iranians have always been in the region and will always be.
I'm Tajik
@HAZARA HISTORY No matter what you try, but you cannot get independence from Afghanistan and you will be Afghan and will be under Afghan/pashtun . You were defeated and occupied your lands by afghan/pashtun in the past that centuries year ago
You guys have done a lot of freedom effert from afghan/pashtun ,but no freedom has come to your hand . Almost the ussr sapported you but they gotten defeated against pashtun . And now you recently watched how you nato friends destroyed and ran away from afghan/pashtun .
@HAZARA HISTORY So why do not you give loyalty to your country, why do not you become human and why you do not love your country .
@HAZARA HISTORY And listen to me, you will never be able to get freedom from Afghanistan because we have fought defeated the Russia and the americans not only on our pashtun region and lands but also we fought on your lands too and they are now our lands on which you live. .
@HAZARA HISTORY and in the past you tajik uzbek turkmen hazaras etc were defeated and occupied your lands by pashtun/afghans . And you will never be able to get freedom from afghan/pashtun .
Honest and clever comments. True white man
Extremely interesting!
Very good explained!
Thanks
I loved working with the Kochi tribes. Mostly involved ensuring donated clothing got to the Kochi and not diverted to other players. regards
We are Khursani Muslims, The Atrak. Same bloodline unites us. USA, Britain, USSR or anyone else can not divide or defeat us. We have done it before and will do it again. Stay strong.
That was an amazing lecture. Thank you. I guess the question to ask now is: will the Taliban allow Afghanistan to focus on its potential and the future? It took Vietnam years to learn that lesson after beating America.
Wtf are you talking about? You know America was so bitter of the embarrassing defeat in Vietnam that they only lifted the embargo in 1995? That's the reason for the slower development.
Robert Young: It’s interesting that the Afghans commenting don’t seem to raise objections to his claims, but you do. And apparently you didn’t listen closely because he doesn’t compare Afghanistan and Yugoslavia, he contrasts them.
Hindu name derived for the people stayed surrounding Hindukush mountain. Mahabharat the great epic cites Gandhara the present day Kandahar place of Gandhari wife of dhritarashtra. A great place of vedic learning.
British undercover agents were counted with the help of the United Nations from 2003 to 2009, but the British said that after the withdrawal of all international troops, they would publish the following:
The first place is taken by Tajiks or Persians 39,70
Afghans or Pashto 32.60%
Uzbeks and Turkmen 11.29%
Hazaras and Shiites 10.50%
Nuristanis and Baluchis Mosquitoes 4,60
Hindus and Sikhs 1.3%
Note: It is noteworthy that the British government was the first
You have also introduced the Tajiks and the second millenniums with their rich artistic and historical culture. In this census and Pashto languages, some people have introduced tribal and traditional peoples.
Well explained everything. I have watched his lecture on the same topic that was delivered in 2013 in Pittsburg university.
I’m Pashtun from the Pakistan side. And I call myself Afghan. Our forefathers’ history roots back to the noble land of Afghanistan. We always keep our deep concerns about what happens to Pashtuns of the other side.
That’s false.
@Danish Hazara just because Pakistan has occupied them doesn't mean they are not afghans, the were and will be afghans, pashtoon means afghan and afghan means pashtoon
@@3.3m41 hello can we chat in watsapp, you are one of the true nationalist ever i have seen on pakistani side pashtoons,
@@najibullahghafori3739 can you not they will never be part of Afghanistan
@@seriously1680 your sentence shows how much concerned and worried are you about it, they are already part of Afghanistan, whatever is mine, i don't have to claim it, it already is mine and will always be, and pakistan will always bark for it to get it but never will
I am pashtuns from Pakistan and we are proud Afghan.
I'm multicultural i am pashtun tajik and hazara.
Moudasir Jay No you are an Afghan, it doesn’t matter which ethnic group you are
Moudasir Jay my man you’re Afghan be proud of it
Barfield exemplifies the anthropological perspective that is based on descriptive dynamic facts from a contextual framework of reality. Of course that contemporary context
Is analyzed through the ethnographic lens.
I.e. ethnographic methodology.
I love all afgani.
Amir Khan afghani is Afghanistan currency
This makes sense as why the Pakistan government keeps the Pashtuns focused upon afghanistan instead of Pakistan it keeps them distracted from trying to take over Pakistan , and keeps them pointed in another direction.
I don't think that is accurate, at least presently. Almost all Pakistani Pashtuns prefer the Pakistani nationality. Most top military leaders have been Pashtun. Moreover, a high proportion of the military soldiers is and has been made up of Pashtuns. The Prime Minister today is a Pashtun with most of his support is from non-pashtun province of Punjab. Those who like play the Pashtun independence card usually tend to be the political tail-enders, who lack support in the public. Sometimes, when "religious" parties can't get attention, they also like to play this card.
Afghans have gotten into a habit of blaming others for the inherit problem of distrust amongst each other, at least at the leadership level. Even Biden referenced to it in his last address a few days ago. It is interesting, after crowing "Pakistan" "Pakistan" for the last decade, the ex-government officials disappeared like ghosts.
Pashtun from Khyber, would rather be with Tajiks. Why? We are all Iranic. East Iranic, Pashtuns and Tajiks are like brothers, very little genetic difference between eachother. All East Iranics are Afghans
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well we Tajiks don't want you LOL
@@xxhafez Thats why all of yall say "OH khyber Pashtuns are different we like them they gave us refuge"
Very interesting. Great video. I like the Yugoslavia comparison and your convincing explanation for why it doesn't apply to Afghanistan.
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Wish I had this guy for Poli Sci in university. Just discovered him. Have had a fascination with Afghan people and culture since I was a boy. Will definitely get his book
Hi, Spirit Hawk. I can definitely recommend a book called, 'A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush' by Eric Newby. Read it many years ago and wanted very much to travel there but that wish became impossible to fulfill after the Russians invaded.
Love when non afghans want to learn more about our people and diverse ethnic groups😇🇦🇫🇦🇫🇦🇫💗💗💗
Thank you Mr. Barfield for this most important video. I found it educational and enlightening.
Perhaps a change in perspective will help.
What if we look upon each ethnicity as a unique flower with colours, shapes and fragrances all it's own. Each ethnic group or culture has talents and skills to contribute to society, and a legacy to pass on to their children.
Next, Let us fly up to a great and wondrous height in the blue sky above. With a bird's eye view we are able to see all of the beautiful flowers of every variety, together they grow toward the Sun and wave back and forth by the cool breeze of the evening time. A kaleidescope of colours appear, and the mixing of the fragrances rises into the air, a most pleasant sensation to our eyes and nostrils.
Much like a giant field of Wildflowers, so can Afghanistan become.
The pashton pay every time big price for this country
@@patron75 because you uzbek tajik hazaras turkmen of afghanistan always friends to the enemey of afghan/pashtuns and you tajik uzbek hazaras turkmen always surrender to the invaders and you sell your women to them so that the invaders couldnot hurt you thats why we pashtun slughtere you and genicides you . If you are afraid to fight against the enemey you can surrender as you have surrendered to the russians more than half of your uzbek tajik turkmen etc lands are occupied and pashtuns in afghanistan protect you and under the occupation of your lands with pashtun an to the russians so you can surrender but if you want we can give your lands to the russia but donnot friendship with them . So there will be no danger from pashtuns .
@Mustafa Alam you shut up you dirty blood .
@@اتل3757 We sell our selves to the foreigners 😂 ashraf ghani gets fed by america and hes pashtun same with karzai, who was the main commander that faut the soviets? ahmad shah massoud. Who was the leader that sold our land to brits to create pakistan? A pashtun king now tell me who sells them selves to foreigners
afghanistan is going to be a world power in all aspects mark my word!
No, bringing Karzai to power was not part of the deal. No Afghansitans boundaries were not stable during the past 250 years.
And yes Afghansitan is an artificial state with all its boundries drawn by the British and Russians!!!
We all love each other when it is convenient. Don't come here and say that you love every other ethnicity. You do it until it is convenient. When the chips are down, every one else is an enemy in Afghanistan.
Afghans ruled and influenced India to an extent together once. We are all Afghans in the end.
It is so interesting! I knew there were something we didn't understand about Afghanistan, but I didn't understand what.
I visited Afghanistan. It was very sad the things I witnessed. They are bombed back into stone ages both in structure, injustice, and character of people.
thank you serious science...
د افغان پۀ ننګ مې وتړله توره
زۀ ننګیالے دۀ زمانے خو شحال خټک يم
I wonder what Professor Barfield would say about Afghanistan right now?
That was very interesting, especially the bit about age demographics. If the taliban want to hold on to any semblance of power - they will have to compromise massively. The worry is that they wont and there will be more fighting, that they will eventually lose but it could be years
What makes you think they will lose? The Taliban have shown that morale and willpower are greater than any Western ideals or weapons.
It's not about winning or losing but what's in it for everyone in the game of cards, even if they don't agree amongst themselves but, the card table must be in one piece and the deal must continue.
@@sithersproductions the battle ahead for them isn't against any western powers. They can win wars, but can they hold peace? not in their current form. They will have to compromise and i think they will. I dont think it will go back to how it was in the 90s
i didn’t realize its close to island
Very accurate, spot on. A lot of folks don't seem to understand that there is a strong enough emotional and pragmatic sense of "Afghanness" among the ethnic groups. The actual governance and accountability is very localized and across some tribal lineages. The closest thing I can think about it in the West is Switzerland, in the sense that ethnicity is not the defining part for political support of a state. There are differences, of course, especially since in Switzerland the Swiss Germans are a clear 65% of the majority. Moreover, the Swiss have developed a form of governance that actually works, where the canton-based organization has given much more stability than the unitary state formulas that have been attempted by many in the last 150 years. A federal or confederate model would work a lot better for AFGH than the unitary-style of the latest kings, Soviets, Mujahedeen, Taliban and Americans.
Afghanistan 🇦🇫 is land of Afghani people thay don't want to fight with anyone
Land of Afghans
Afghanistan, by modern definition, is established in 19th century in this current political geography. So, it is not 270 years old but 100 years old.
wrong Afghanistan was created in 1747
Who cares?!!!!!
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Samanee Ahmad Afghanistan was created in 1709 due to Mahmoud Hotak’s revolution against Iran
Together we stand apart we fall... It’s just rich vs poor not religious or ethnicity divide...
What our current problem is that “Afghan” by definition in Dari and Pashto means “Pashtun” and doesn’t involve other ethnicities. Also “Afghanistan” means the land of the Pashtuns.
If the government, which is dominated by Pashtuns, would agree to find out another name that’s neutral, everyone would be happy. The whole debate is I think not about the ethnicities disliking each other, but about one ethnicity labeling all others with their name. Like the man in the video said, it’s important to all ethnicities what role they are going to play in an multicultural and -linguistic national state.
I personally have no problem with other ethnicities, although there might be a lot of differences between us. What all Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbek & co. are worried about is, the Pashtuns (not all of them, but the racist ones) who want to dominate the country in every aspect of our lives. And that’s smth other ethnicities won’t accept. They won’t accept their identities to be faded away.
All other ethnicities don’t want domination, but involvement in the government and economics. We want our politicians to get elected considering their competence, not ethnicity.
Unfortunately due to the government being dominated by the Pashtuns, they do all kind of corruption for the president to remain always a Pashtun.
I understand your objection, having lived in Wales, and when abroad being called “Englishman”, and when listening or looking at The BBC being reminded that I was either ignored or excluded.
The one advantage for non Pashto’s is that the dominant language in Afghanistan is Dari
That is the key to maintaining a balance and preventing Pashto dominance. The Regions and cities that use Dari can never been suppressed especially if there is freedom of the mass media. This also helps the Hazara as they have one importan neighbor who they share a language and a religion with. Tajiks
Dominate the cities and together with the many other Afghan ethnic groups have neighboring states ; I.e. Tajikistan.Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan .
The World know understands that there are
many ethnic groups who live in Afghanistan, including Pashto, but the World outside do no interpret the Name Afghanistan as Pashtostan.
Many people know understand that the Taliban are mostly Pashto and that Pashto make up 40% of the Afghan population and that 60% are made up of others ethnic groups.
This is why the Outside World insists that Afghan government must represent all groups
and the rights of all groups must be safeguarded.♦️♦️♦️
@@johndavies1336 you seem to have a better understanding of Afghanistan than the so called expert in the video.
pashtuns will forever dominate afghanistan cause like u said pashtuns mean afghan. pashtuns have created the culture that the other ethnicity’s in afg have been influenced by, i get what u mean by a ‘neutral’ name but that doesn’t seem fair or would work? for example tajiks in afghanistan have tajikistan and so do uzbeks who have uzbekistan… afghanistan is meant for pashtuns but colonial borders is the problem to ur question.
Proud to be Tajik everything Belongs to us Food names the holly book of Avesta the prophet asho zartosht who was born in Balkh he was also Tajik all the food people cook in Afghanistan and Central Asia belongs to Tajiks remember that thanks
Lmao Tajiks have NO history in Afghanistan other than being mere immigrants. Everything in Afghanistan is of Pashtun origin and Zoraster was a Pashtun and guess what? He spoke Avestan which Pashto language descends from.
@@TheAfghan72 😂 no history we've been in central asia since the 3rd century and have done far more than pashtuns
3rd century? that's cute. Pashtuns have lived in Afghanistan since 3000BC and have created vast empires that have stretched from Persia to India. What have Tajiks done other than being racist to Pashtuns?
@@TheAfghan72 beat the mongols,British,persians and are actively fighting against the Taliban which are predominantly Pashtun
Lol what? Forget the Mongols, you actually think you beat the British? LOL. Last time i checked, the British invaded the Pashtuns areas of the east and Khyber and were defeated by different Pashtun tribes not once but 3 times. Where were Tajiks? Even the British don't mention you in their time in Afghanistan but mention Hazaras and Uzbeks. And i thought you guys saw yourselves as Persians? so how can you beat the same people you claim to be?
You're confused dude, i bet you think Kandahar is Tajik land lmao.
I am Pakistani Pashtun ,I love all Afghans
As an afghan I am shocked how this guy understands that tragic complex country.
I'm tajik not afghan .. afghan or Afghanistan is a name that put it by GB emperor about 140 years before.. our country name is khurasan land of poems poetry history.. etc.. our land is stoled and we will take it back God will...
If you not afghan go same other country
Go back to Tajikistan
Razzz AAA If you are a ethnic Tajik, you are not specific from Tajikistan. Etnic Tajiks are Persians from Central-Asia
Yes we pashtun/afghan invaded and subduded you and occupied your lands not stolen you idiot . It was not any thing else that were to stoled lol it was a land of you tajik people we subduded all of your tajikistan but russian attacked and on other side british attacked then some of the area now in the slaves of russia . And some of the tajik land with pashtun . But not only the tajiks . Pashtun/afghans also invaded the others countries uzbek turkmen hazaras(first subduded by pashtun) and also iranian in the southern afghanistan .
And now wr all are brothers in afghanistan .
thanks for the recommendation
absolutely wrong !
tajik,uzbek,hazara and pashton they all proudly believe they are afghans and nobady has ever said that they want to leave afg
A-B HOTAK who said that Tajiks Uzbek proud on being afghan we hate from afghan name Afghan mean terror narcotics corruption we can say proudly we are Tajiks the mean problem in Afghanistan is pashtoon they roll the country they are Taliban they are Isis they are burning the schools blowing up the roads destroyed all country they don't live like humans they don't let the others to live like humans always killing the innocent people
big boss shut up idiot
big boss you are Afghan you liar lmao saying you're not Afghan. Where is panjshir??? Oh yeah Afghanistan
I am Hazara and I am not Afghan. My country is Hazarajat.
^Your country is Mongolia.
When u go back to 9/11 right after the attacks that's when people started treating Middle Eastern people's horribly in the U.S. I can remember that. So Laden tainted this community
"When the International Community arrived in Afghanistan..." what does he mean? US and British forces? Very disappointed with this video, thought it would say something about Afghanistan, but it is from a totally Western perspective. Comparing it to US involvement in the Balkans? This guy is not concerned with Afghanistan at all. He's a voice of the Pentagon.
what is your information based on and how accurate are they? the way he speaks with that confident even i will not be that sure as a person who grew up and been through all these things
I am a pashtun/Afghan. Most of the time I listened views of scholars about pashtuns they reached to a wrong conclusion except you. What you have said about pashtuns they are exactly like this.
I heard that the ethnic groups fight among each other, then go together to pray in a mosque. i guess fighting is more of a pass time among the Afghans.
I love Pashtuns so much, I'd die for y'all 😩❤️💘😘
Pomegranate anaar hmmmm
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😜 tnkoo
They are cheap dirty brown prostitutes to anyone who pay them two cents
ok so you love terrorist?
Very insightfull
Karzai was elected as president not by the minority ethnics of Northern Afghanistan but by international community, because they knew that the Pashtuns who make more than 60% of Afghan population will never accept a tajik or hazara or Uzbek president in their country and this will never end the civil war, so that is why the president should be a pashtun
killing Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbaks in the name of pashtun supremacy isn't sin?
Say Salam
40%, u cant fabricate fact my extremist friend
The ethnic groups in Afghans are hard players. They have been winning over centuries. What makes them hard players is that they leave no scope for development and modernization.
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