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Ghani Khan — the poet of beautiful contradictions, The Poet-Painter (1914-1996)

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Khan Abdul Ghani khan (1914-1996) was the son of Khan Abdul Ghaffar khan khan, Known as Bacha khan (1890-1988) who was a political activist. Unlike his father and and his brother, Khan Abdul khan, Ghani khan was a poet, painter and sculptor par excellence. Although he is well known as a poet both nationally and internationally, very few people are aware that he was a painter and a sculptor, too. However, the great Abdul Ghani Khan defies such attempts to box him. Indeed, he was crazy but he was a lot of other things too. Ghani has the multifaceted personality of one of the greatest Pashto poets, his verses having strains of romanticism, nationalism, humanism and a scathing animosity towards the social contract theory. Ghani was the eldest child of the revered independent activist Abdul Ghaffar Khan; however, he shunned politics and became a painter, sculptor and a poet par excellence. Ghani khan was born in 1914 in Hashtnagar, Charsadda, or ancient Pushkalavati, which was the ca...

The History of the Afghanistan war

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The war in Afghanistan began back in 2001. A group called the Taliban had controlled most of the country since 1996 but they were overthrown in November 2001 by British and American armed forces, as well as lots of Afghan fighters from a group called the Northern Alliance. Why was there a war? During the time that the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, they allowed an organisation called al-Qaeda to have training camps there. In September 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The United States believed that Osama Bin Laden - who was the head of al-Qaeda - was the man behind these attacks. There was a lot of international pressure on the Afghan leaders to hand over Osama Bin Laden. When the Taliban didn't do this, the United States decided they would use their armed forces. In October 2001, the USA began bombing Afghanistan. They targeted bin Laden's al-Qaeda fighters and also the Taliban. In November 2001, the Northern Alliance to...

Pukhtoonwali – پختون ولی

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Pukhtoonwali is a code of honor of the Pukhtoon social structure. Pukhoonwali broadly consists of three principles, Melmastia (Hospitality), Badal (Revenge) and Nanawatey (Repentance Over Past Hostility and Grant of Asylum). Every individual of Pukhtoon society is expected to abide these principles. The non-observance of principles of Pukhtoonwali is considered disgraceful, and disgrace is considered as the biggest punishment in the Pukhtoon society. 1. Melmastia (Hospitality)   میلمستیہ Pukhtoons are considered as one of the most hospitable people in the world. Melmastia or hospitality is one of the finest virtue of Pukhtoon culture. Pukhtoon be rich or poor consider its an honor to welcome guests regardless of any relation or status. Pukhtoons welcome the guest with open heart and try to prepare the best meal for the guest according to their affordability and satisfaction. The tradition place for guests in Pukhtoon society is Hujra, that is common meeting place in villages. ...

Real Talk

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REAL TALK: One of the lessons that Ramzan is meant to teach us is to avoid wastefulness and to be modest in consumption and expenditure. Unfortunately, restaurants and food outlets COMPLETELY capitalise on Ramzan and offer extravagant buffets with prices through the roof and SO much of it being wasted. It makes me really sad that the lesson we spend learning through the day, is thrown out the window the very second time’s up. I know none of us are happy about this culture. But we can discourage it, if we JUST STOP going to these ridiculous buffets. This isn’t about affordability you guys, I’m all for doing things if you can afford them, but THIS is pure wastefulness and completely ruins the concept of Ramzan. Let’s be modest in consumption. Let’s discourage this shameful culture! If you wanna eat out, eat where the deals are nice, less extravagant and there is no waste such as there is in buffets! 🙏🏽🤗 #Ramzan #modesty
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I am on my way to my destination and i am determined to reach there, Whatever befalls me on the way whether light or darkness but I like light And darkness does not frighten me. #SDK