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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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural concept
historical concept
irredentist concept
associatedWithConcept Afghan irredentism
Afghan nationalism
Pashtunistan
contestedBy Pakistan
encompassesRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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
linked to: Pashtunistan

Central Asia borderlands
South Asia
hasAlternativeName Greater Afghan homeland
linked to: Greater Afghanistan

Larger Afghanistan
linked to: Greater Afghanistan
hasCulturalBasisIn Pashto language
shared Pashtun culture
tribal and clan networks
hasDebatedLegitimacyAmong political scientists
regional historians
hasDimension cultural sphere
ethno-national identity
historical memory
hasHistoricalBasisIn Barakzai rule
linked to: Barakzai dynasty

Durrani Empire
pre-colonial Afghan polities
hasTemporalScope pre-modern to contemporary period
implicatesBorderDispute Afghanistan–Pakistan border
influences Afghan claims regarding the Durand Line
Afghan nationalist discourse
isNot current administrative unit
officially recognized state
linkedToHistoricalEvent Anglo-Afghan border agreements
Durand Line demarcation
linked to: Durand Agreement
notIdenticalTo current internationally recognized territory of Afghanistan
overlapsWithPopulation Pashtun diaspora regions
relatedEthnicGroup Afghans
linked to: Afghan

Pashtuns
relatedToIssue post-colonial border legacies in South Asia
self-determination of Pashtuns
relatedToState Afghanistan
usedIn Afghan political rhetoric
regional geopolitical analysis

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Pashtunistan partOf Greater Afghanistan (cultural concept)