What is it about?
Pashtun resistance to state authority has been interpreted in light of stereotypical colonial theories in colonial and post-colonial periods. Pashtuns were presented as marshals and wild people who resisted every kind of state authority in the colonial era. Perceptions about Pashtun’s resistance to state authority based on politically motivated stereotypes resonate in the British colonial regime.
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Why is it important?
To understand the roots of Pashtun resistance to state authority
Perspectives
Decolonization
Dr. Zafar Khan
University of Peshawar
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This page is a summary of: Myths or Reality: Pashtun Indigenous Communities Resistance to State Authority in Colonial and Post-Colonial Era, Inverge Journal of Social Sciences, September 2024, Inverge Consultancy,
DOI: 10.63544/ijss.v3i3.85.
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