Day 2: Afghanistan

[Tetro Kornbluth]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan



Discuss with maps



I have no doubt this map is very misleading - searching for Afghan language maps or Afghan ethnic maps gives conflicting results, especially regards classifications of Tajiks and the Indo-Persian non-Pashtun speaking groups.

[Sol]

To what extent is there a common identity of Afghan-ness relative to say more specific ethnic identities? I know that Afghanistan as a polity has existed for a while, no?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

To what extent is there a common identity of Afghan-ness relative to say more specific ethnic identities? I know that Afghanistan as a polity has existed for a while, no?

Bumping this because I actually wonder does anyone here know this.

[Crumpets]

I'd highly recommend this photo essay in for those trying to get to the heart of what makes Afghanistan Afghanistan; it is a country with so few constants. http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2013/01/28/podlich-afghanistan-1960s-photos/5846/

[The Free North]

To what extent is there a common identity of Afghan-ness relative to say more specific ethnic identities? I know that Afghanistan as a polity has existed for a while, no?

There is also notable religious diversity as well. I always thought that many of the rural regions centered around tribal loyalties rather than taking orders from Kabul, hence so many of the issues we see today in establishing a functioning democracy in the country....