{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Reclaiming Pashtun Identity","author_name":"Omar Akbar","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3203.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3203.html'\u003EReclaiming Pashtun Identity\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe strategic location of the Pashtun tribal belt has put it at the cross roads of imperialist nations\u2019 ambitions, and military advances for centuries. The efforts of the Russians and the British in the Great Game, and the United States and Soviet Union during the cold war, coupled with a tribal structure and feudal system and inherent warrior nature of the Pashtuns, thwarted and hindered the enlightenment that led the intellectuals and philosophers of Europe through centuries long struggle (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}