The Pashtoon factor came into play around the same time.
Khan was shifted to Herat after a violent Pashtoon uprising.
a predominantly Pashtoon party which controls a large network of madarsas
Khan Leghari attempted to bring together Pashtoon leaders from south and east Afghanistan.
He represents the last senior non- Taliban Pashtoon who is still active in Afghan politics.
a Durrani Pashtoon from Kandahar, whom it sees as leading a Loya Jirga Grand Council.
particularly in the tribal areas where the Pashtoon factor will also add to the fire.
Pakistani concerns about the lack of representation of the majority Pashtoon community within the Northern Alliance.
Another had been convened in
Peshawar a month ago under the aegis of moderate Pashtoon leader Pir Sayed Ahmed Gilani.
His ominous tone echoed
Pakistani concerns about the lack of representation of the majority Pashtoon community within the Northern Alliance.
He had strong links with the Pashtoon leadership in Afghanistan as well as with the anti-
Taliban and largely non- Pashtoon Northern Alliance.
A meeting on November 13 in Islamabad called by former Pakistan president Farooq Ahmed
Khan Leghari attempted to bring together Pashtoon leaders from south and east Afghanistan.
The world came to know of the revelation courtesy Ahmed Karzai, whose brother Hamid is a leading anti-
Taliban Pashtoon leader holding talks with the current occupiers of Kandahar.
If there is a force in Kabul that is perceived as anti- Pakistan, religious militancy and hawkishness will increase in Pakistan,
particularly in the tribal areas where the Pashtoon factor will also add to the fire.