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Parent topics
- Central Asia [r]: A geographic area with many definitions, one common one based on the newly independent, predominantly Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union [e]
Subtopics
Modern issues
- Pakistani policy towards Afghanistan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pakistani policy towards India [r]: The interactions of the governments of India and Pakistan, with strong effects on transnational terrorism and relations with the West, and the balance of power with China and Russia [e]
- Indian policy towards Pakistan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. policy towards Afghanistan [r]: The grand strategy of the United States towards Afghanistan, dealing with the continuing Afghanistan War (2001-) both with its own and multinational resources (e.g., NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the United Nations Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA)]] [e]
- U.S. regional policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan [r]: Add brief definition or description
Ethnicity and religion
- Pashtun [r]: An Eastern Iranian ethnic group primarily located in Southern Afghanistan in the Northwest Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Area and Balochistan Province of western Pakistan; language is Pashto [e]
- Durand Line [r]: A boundary line between 19th century Afghanistan and India, disputed then and now, and now forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the border of Balochistan Province [e]
- Tajik [r]: An ethnic group of Central Asia, culturally Persian and speaking the Dari dialect of Farsi; they are the dominant group of Tajikistan and the second largest ethnic group of Afghanistan [e]
- Uzbek [r]: An ethnic group of Central Asia, speaking a Turkic language [e]
- Hazara [r]: A Mongol-descended people of Afghanistan, speaking a dialect of Persian with Mongol words, and primarily following Shi'a Islam [e]
- Afghan and Pakistani local forces [r]: In Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially within Pashtun culture, tribes will raise local forces variously as akarbai (community police), lashkar (fighters for a common threat) and paid militias [e]
- Deoband Islam [r]: Add brief definition or description
