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say that the government type of Afghanistan is under a military junta Arkoftwo4 (talk) 16:22, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Nubzor [T][C] 17:05, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There opinions on whether the first modern foundation of Afghanistan was the Hotak dynasty is debated due to many reasons. During the post-Safavid era, the Hotak dynasty was not the only existing Afghan state, as there too existed the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat, the Taymanis of Ghor, and the Afghans of Bam. This showcases that one empire is unable to be the sole founding state, due to many other predecessors and other Afghan states existing, to which all claims at once is unable to work. Moreover, the Hotak dynasty did not unite all Pashtuns, nor did it unify all modern-day ethnic groups in Afghanistan, but would also fight against other Pashtun tribes, specifically the Abdalis of the Sadozai Sultanate of Herat.

And at last, we can trace the first ever independence of modern-day Afghanistan towards the Durrani Empire, and not the Hotak dynasty. This can be said due to the Hotak dynasty being conquered by a foreign power, Afsharid Iran. Whereas, there were no foreign rulers after the reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani of the Durrani Empire, as all rulers were Afghans (native) who preceded and succeeded one another without a foreign line of disruption.

I hope that editors gather in unison and agree on this matter to start modern-day Afghan Independence and its history from the Durrani Empire, and to get rid of the Hotak dynasty, to which we redeem it as a part of pre-independence. AfghanTsakhtan (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change totalitarian in the infobox to totalitarian OMGer2 (talk) 03:54, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: I assume that "totalitarian" is not linked to avoid an issue with MOS:SEAOFBLUE. The larger issue here is that, as is all too common, the form of government in the infobox is an excessively long jumble of adjectives. Day Creature (talk) 04:32, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Cyclone not mentioned? In 1979, US fuelled groups with weapons starting the conflict. In 1973-74, the deals with the US worked out nicely, but the population had better hope. in my mind it is the US that has been attacking Afghanistan, this entire time... Kemisuto (talk) 01:53, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Geographically and the language ethnic structure of Afghanistan represents the close ties outside of South Asia. The two predominant languages are Dari (Persian/Farsi version), used throughout the country- particularly in the north and west. And Pashto which is used mostly in the south and east and is connected to Pakistan.

Other significant languages of West Asia (the Iranian plateau), and Central Asia include Persian (Dari), with many of the northern Afghan communities, including Tajiks, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Hazaras and Qizilbash traditionally and historically belonging to the Central and West Asia region, as opposed to the South Asian region.

With this diversity, it has often been stated in academic literature that Afghanistan is a transitional or crossroads region between Central, South and West Asia than being a part of a single part of a region. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-40404-23 (talk) 07:22, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]