Meanings of pashtun areas in English

Akhundzada had recently returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan where the militants have sanctuaries in lawless Pashtun areas along the border.

Others, like Hamid Karzai, wanted Massoud's help to mount armed rebellions against the Taliban in Pashtun areas of southern Afghanistan.

Their differences can re-emerge any time, Mahmood Shah, a former security chief of the ethnic Pashtun areas on the Afghan border.

He did not aspire to rule the Pashtun areas of Afghanistan directly, however; he knew that was impractical for any Tajik leader.

But Abdullah interpreted the marked increase in turnout in Pashtun areas as proof of fraud, and demanded that the votes be disqualified.

With many of its supporters holed up in lawless ethnic Pashtun areas of northwest Pakistan, the group has forged close links with al Qaeda.

Many Pakistanis say Musharraf is merely doing the bidding of the United States and unnecessarily stirring up militant violence in ethnic Pashtun areas bordering Afghanistan.