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This is amazing. You are giving me sources which clearly mentions that over 100 years ago those regions were dominated by non-Pashtuns and trying to prove that majority of the residents of Balkh district are non-Pashtuns. I have given you up-to date sources which clearly mentions that pashtuns make
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This page seems to focus on the thoughts of others on Balkh a lot, mentioning travelers, famous figures who have visited the city, etc. How can we utilize this to help form an overall narrative of Balkh within its context as “the mother of all cities?” Is the theme of seeing Balkh as a place that
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My statement. Then this 1998 source is misinformed?: "The ruins of the walls of this city are a length of three and half km and width of almost three km. Pre-Islamic relics are abundant, but no work has been done on the archaeology of these
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