Greater Afghanistan (cultural concept)

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Greater Afghanistan is a cultural-historical concept envisioning a broader Afghan sphere that extends beyond the modern state's borders to encompass adjacent regions with significant Afghan, particularly Pashtun, populations.

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Greater Afghanistan 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural concept
historical concept
irredentist concept
associatedWithConcept Afghan irredentism
Afghan nationalism
Pashtunistan NERFINISHED
contestedBy Pakistan NERFINISHED
encompassesRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
Pashtun-majority borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan
areas of northwestern Pakistan
former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
parts of Balochistan in Pakistan
envisionsTerritorialExtensionBeyond modern borders of Afghanistan
geographicallySituatedIn Afghanistan–Pakistan frontier region NERFINISHED
Central Asia borderlands NERFINISHED
South Asia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Greater Afghan homeland NERFINISHED
Larger Afghanistan NERFINISHED
hasCulturalBasisIn Pashto language NERFINISHED
shared Pashtun culture
tribal and clan networks
hasDebatedLegitimacyAmong political scientists
regional historians
hasDimension cultural sphere
ethno-national identity
historical memory
hasHistoricalBasisIn Barakzai rule NERFINISHED
Durrani Empire NERFINISHED
pre-colonial Afghan polities
hasTemporalScope pre-modern to contemporary period
implicatesBorderDispute Afghanistan–Pakistan border NERFINISHED
influences Afghan claims regarding the Durand Line
Afghan nationalist discourse
isNot current administrative unit
officially recognized state
linkedToHistoricalEvent Anglo-Afghan border agreements NERFINISHED
Durand Line demarcation NERFINISHED
notIdenticalTo current internationally recognized territory of Afghanistan
overlapsWithPopulation Pashtun diaspora regions
relatedEthnicGroup Afghans NERFINISHED
Pashtuns NERFINISHED
relatedToIssue post-colonial border legacies in South Asia
self-determination of Pashtuns
relatedToState Afghanistan NERFINISHED
usedIn Afghan political rhetoric
regional geopolitical analysis

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Pashtunistan partOf Greater Afghanistan (cultural concept)