Abstract
This article basically analyses how Pashtunwali, which is a prominent culture in Pak-Afghan border region, has been turning into a geo-strategic challenge. Pashtunwali is a tribal of conduct in Pashtun majority areas that regulate their way of life. It is primitive conservative gender biased value system that promotes conservativism, tribalism, extremism and use of force to settle disputes. Pashtunwali as a social structure poses three fundamental challenges to Pakistan; promotion of terrorism and extremism, obstacle to mainstreaming of Pashtuns, and mutual distrust with the government, which turned into geo-strategic challenges after the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. Pashtunwali in Pak-Afghan border region, especially, turned into a liability from asset after the four decades of war in Afghanistan and flood of refugees from to Pashtuns majority areas. War in Afghanistan since 1979 created a new social structure that was facilitated by Pashtunwali, which is based upon ruthless bloodshed, rise of Islamic extremism and disenfranchisement of the Pashtun population in Pakistan. This article explores how Pashtunwali has been turning into a security challenge to Pakistan from a local culture due to geo-strategic shift in the wake of 9/11
Dr. Fida Bazai1, Ms Ruqia Rehman2, Mujeeb ur- Rehman 3, Abdul Qadir 4. (2020) Pashtunwali as geostrategic challenge in Pak-Afghan Relation, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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