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📍 The book's first section discusses the general characteristics of the Pashtun people, including the geography of Pashtunistan, the origins and tribal characteristics of the Pashtuns, the idea of Pashtunwali, or the Pashtun way, the significance of Islam, the status of women, and Pashto, the Pashtun language. It also includes a chapter on the history of the area from ancient times up until 1901, when the Iron Amir, Abdur Rahman Khan, came to an end peacefully, which was unusual in Pashtunistan. 📖 From around 1849, when the British acquired control of the Sikh kingdom, until 1947, when they left the subcontinent, Section II focuses on the British interactions with the Pashtuns throughout this century of relationship. 📖 British publications have influenced a lot of the narrative about the Pashtuns and the portrayal of their character. The Durand Line Agreement, which divided Pashtunistan into two pieces and was negotiated by the British and the Afghan Amir in 1893, is also covere...

 🇮🇳 For many years, India and China have been at conflict. India is at a crucial moment in its history, stuck between Pakistan on the west and China on the east, where it is in competing directly with China throughout every facet. 🇮🇳 On the one hand, where China has already become a superpower on the verge of dethroning the United States as a world power, India is also on the upswing, and the world is focusing on India presently for a variety of (favourable) factors. 🇮🇳 But why do two nations that were originally established within months of each other in 1949 and 1950 have an undefined border? 🇮🇳 China has always been a national security state, believing that it had to deal with national security issues first of all and above all else, whereas India's primary goals have always been democracy and advancement, and the country only decided to concentrate on national defense in the 1980s. China believes it must reestablish its conventional barriers in the region, which were es...