You have brought only one son into the world but everyone in this land can be called an Alexander. While in fight with pakhtuns in arachosia (now kandahar) and said, I am involved in the land of leonine (lion-like) and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a well of steel, confronting my soldiers.
"He (a Pathan) is withal a proud man, prone to meet scorn with scorn, and ever ready to return blow for blow. Pride of race, consciousness of natural rights and intolerance of injustice are the remarkable traits of the Pakhtun character" "Pull out your sword and slay any one, that says Pashtun and Afghan are not one! Arabs know this and so do Romans: Afghans are Pashtuns, Pashtuns are Afghans. "I despise the man who does not guide his life by honour. "The very name Pashtun spells honor and glory Lacking that honor, what is the Afghan story?." "The Pathans are fond of liberty, faithful to their friends, kind to their dependents, hospitable, brave, hardy, frugal, laborious and prudent". ".We never will be content with a master". Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid."
".Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress. "Yours is the true non-violence, it is the non-violence of the strong, not the non-violence of the weak and starving." The Pashtun women are formidable characters, which they have to be for survival in an unforgiving environment" The lady of the house is virtual queen in her domain and many fire-breathing male members of the family are at their best behavior in front of the older females especially grandmothers and aunts. " Women in Pashtun society enjoy more security in every respect than their sisters in other South Asian societies.
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