The Taliban did not fight a 20-year insurgency against the US and NATO to become Pakistan’s puppets.

The Durand Treaty, contrary to what many Afghans allege, did not have any time limit.

At no time in Afghanistan’s history did Urdu have more influence in the corridors of power in Kabul than in the 1930s

In recent years, the Taliban have also made inroads among non-Pashtun ethnic groups

It may surprise many what the Afghans thought about partition and the fate of India’s Muslims

The defeat at Maiwand would compel the British to withdraw from Qandahar in 1881

The love and affection between Iqbal and the Afghans was mutual

Pakistan’s founding alleviated the Afghans’ greater concern with regards to security threats from India

In sharp contrast to Iranian society, not only did Pakistani society not look down on Afghans but it welcomed them

History and facts on the ground, however, call into question Afghanistan’s position on Pakistani Pashtuns