Thanks for all these Pashtun background info posts, some of which I did not know about.

Simplified the folks who are the Taliban are Pakhtuns, in the main, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. There is nothing "honorable" about abusing women and children, and other more gross and fatal acts that are common practice by the Taliban "using the excuse of religion" in today's world.

But you all know this.

Again, thanks for some citations I will not take time to explore which I formerly was unaware of.