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For My Theory of Ideological Cladding of Pashtun Nationalism Pashtun Nationaliism Dumped in three claddings The constituency cladding of Provinces inside Pakistan; Triple Cladded Pashtun Nationalism The Ideological and Geographical Cladding of Pakistan; Dual Cladded Pashtun Nationalism The Ideological Cladding of Islam; Single Cladded Pashtun Nationalism By: Comrade Daud Afghani Preliminary guide to Pashtun Nationalism and my Theory of Ideological Cladding of Pashtuns Table of Contents Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Copyrights .................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Synopsis .....................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Flashback into the past of the sub-continent ....................................................................................................................................8 The Crux of the current Afghan Problem ........................................................................................................................................9 Pakistan Army and Taliban; My Interview with a Medical Student from North Waziristan .............................................. 13 Pakistan and her Communist Allies (China and North Korea) ................................................................................................. 16 Problem Statement: ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Solution Statement ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Long Term Strategic Goal .................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Short Term Goal and Objectives ..................................................................................................................................................... 19 Goal..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Objectives .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 America is a Necessary Evil for Afghanistan; The Transcript of My Speech at Kabul ......................................................... 21 My open Letter in the name of Respected President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai .......................................................... 23 My open letter in the name of Asfandyar Wali Khan .................................................................................................................. 30 Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Greater Middle East Great Game ........................................... 33 The Mournful Death of Ghazala Javed and other Pashtun Female Singers ............................................................................ 40 Theory of Ideological Cladding of Pashtun’s Nationalism ....................................................................................................... 45 The Effects of Single-Cladded Pashtun Nationalism on today’s Politics ............................................................................. 47 Dual-Cladded Pashtun Nationalism ................................................................................................................................................ 48 Triple-Cladded Pashtuns.................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Why Islam belongs to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Only? .......................................................................................................... 50 Here is why Islam and Muslims are not sympathetic to Afghans and why Afghans must reject them ..................... 51 Here is why Islam must be rejected ............................................................................................................................................... 52 A nation who loves Islam as priority over their own Nationalism will not fight Pakistan and Saudi Aabia .............. 52 More Claddings are in Process as a Conspiracy against Pashtun’s Unity and Nationalism ........................................... 54 Here is how Pashtuns are delusional Brave and live in fantasy world of racial supremacy; a stumbling Block to Pashtun’s freedom ............................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Pakistan Exploits Pashtuns in Khyber Pashtunkhwa, Balochistan and Karachi ........................................................... 55 Disillusionment is the Treatment of Pashtun’s Mind ........................................................................................................... 57 Who has been using our Tribal Free Zone as Buffer? ........................................................................................................... 57 Bare or Real Pashtun Nationalism (Afghanism as Religion) ................................................................................................... 57 The Consequences of Pseudo-Pashtun Nationalism ................................................................................................................ 58 The need and Importance of a Pashtun-dominant Sovereign State .................................................................................... 58 Talibans and Ancient Afghan Turk and Persian Kings .............................................................................................................. 59 Foreword With Immense pleasure, I am presenting an Introductory Guide to Pashtun Nationalism which has become a very vague topic as a result of gigantic ideological investment, marred by the different ideological stains and claddings of Islam and Pakistan primarily. During the course of my struggle for Pashtun’s unity and reconciliation, from Kabul to D.I Khan and from Attock to Kandahar, I recognized specific alien priorities over Pashtun Nationalism in the wake of one millennium long Islamic Imperialism ranging from Muhammad Bin Qasim, Mahmood-e-Ghaznavi, Shahabuddin Ghori till the current day modern state of Pakistan and her Islamic imperialist tools like Talibans and Gulbadines. The booklet covers the historical events linking to the current day Islamist politics that will uncover the astounding fabrications largely considered as facts among the Pashtun circles. Pashtun Nationalism has been compromised in the most sophisticated ways and is still being used in favor of the enemy who is adamant to break the Pashtuns unity based on geographical and ideological grounds. In this guide, I have made an effort how Pashtuns have been ideologically compromised and deviated from the true path to pure nationalism. I have presented the way the different invaders tried to impress upon foreign ideologies on Pashtuns and have completely crushed their original Gandahara civilization. My theory of Ideological Cladding of Pashtun’s Nationalism has been presented in this guide in the last pages which form the basis for an accurate understanding of why Pashtuns have been silent despite the enormous atrocities that the state of Punjab (Pakistan) is perpetrating on them while Balochs and Sindhis are at the same time fighting for their freedom. According to an estimate, there are at least 50 million Pashtuns in modern day Afghanistan, Occupied Pashtun Territories in Pakistan and worldwide Pashtun diaspora which has been a significant threat to foreign invaders, imperialists and Dynasties and hence they thought of breaking this force which has yet to be developed and solidified as Pashtun Nationalism has been a remarkable movement since last one century. The intruders very successfully implemented ideological changes in Pashtun masses by constantly inculcating, instituting and educating on Martian ideologies and jingoism to the state of Pakistan by geographically, constitutionally, ideologically and socially dividing and re-dividing the Pashtuns. Iron cuts the Iron, so only Pashtun can cut Pashtun, no one else; is clandestine policy behind Pashtun destruction and that’s why we are killing, looting, raping and destroying ourselves, our land and civilization and by doing so, we meet the interests and victories of intruders and lead ourselves to self-defeat. Pashtun has become the worst enemy of Pashtun himself after Punjab and Arab. The guide contains my two speeches; one at Kabul and one at Peshawar, my two open letters in the name of Hamid Karzai and Asfandyar Wali Khan, my personal experience and understanding, a tribute to Pashtun female singers especially Ghazala Javed and above all, my theory of Ideological Cladding of Pashtun Nationalism. Comrade
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