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Dr. Mehdi Beh Mottaqi: Before calling others immigrants, check your own family tree
Dr. Muhiuddin Mehdi, writer and researcher, in response to the statements of Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, about calling some of the indigenous residents of Khorasan "immigrants",
He has said that before calling others immigrants, their own "genealogy" and background should be examined.
Citing historical sources such as "Hood al-Alam" and "Tarikh Jahangoshay Naderi", Mehdi has stated that the Indus River was the eastern border of Khorasan with India and between
Khorasan and India, there has never been another land.
He also referred to material from "Tazkirat al-Abrar wa al-Ashrar" about Peshawar, mentioning the presence of Swatites, villages, and "Afghan" tribes in the region, and used these sources as evidence to refute the narratives.
He has only one-sided knowledge about the history of the inhabitants of this land.
Mehdi then discusses the history of the Awan tribe and, citing the book "Hayat-e-Afghan", writes that the Awans also came to the banks of the Indus from other regions.
He pointed to
The same narrations, addressing those who call others "immigrants," ask: "Now let's see where the ignorant person who calls others "immigrants" comes from and to which nation he belongs."
Mehdi has emphasized that regardless of when individuals enter
This is a land, all who live in it should be considered citizens, and no group has the right to consider itself superior to others.
He also distinguished between "Afghan" and "Pashtun", and included narratives related to the origin of the Pashtun tribes.
challenged and cited historical sources for his claims.
These statements are a continuation of the long-standing dispute over Afghanistan's historical identity and the issue of whether the ethnic groups living in this land are indigenous or immigrants; a debate that has been repeated in recent years.
It has intensified.