Ghag غږ" (An old Afghan tradition but not in Yousafzai, not sure about other Pashtun tribes in KP). By Shah Jehan Khan Ghag غږ...All I could recollect, I was in my village school (60s-70s), seasonal Afghans manual laborers would cross Pak-Afghan border without any passport and visa, they never heard of things like passport/visa, we used to call them ‘Kabulyan’ in fact none of them came from Kabul but other parts of Afghanistan. They would stay with us in our hujras (Swabi Villages) as long as they wanted to, simple food and stay was free. One of those Afghans was Abdur Rehman in his 50s, used to sharpen kitchen knives with his pedal wheel for years, never went back to Afghanistan. I was young but I could feel he is not like others, every evening on his return from work we..the young boys and girls would rush to him, he always had something for us. On one cold winter night sitting around the fire my uncle asked him.. ‘Rehman do you have any relative in Kabul (Afghanistan)?. S...
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