5 kilometers away from the town of district Ganderbal, a diversion from the highway leads to a quaint hamlet. Twenty minutes of bumpy ride through a rough way; surrounded by paddy fields and orchards, leads to a village called Gutlibagh, which houses the largest number of Pakhtun communities in Kashmir. A few curves ahead, an old well-kempt house stands with a lively ambience. A German shepherd welcomes the incomers with consistent howling and barking. Inside the house, a single ceiling fan is giving out more noise than air. A man in his early 80s is dozing off on a bedstead. Disturbed by the incomers, the man, Nasrullah Khan bestirred himself and rose from his bed. Khan with clean-shaven looks much younger than his age. Khan belongs to the second generation of the Pakhtun community who migrated to the region during the Afghan rule in Kashmir and settled in various parts of the region.
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5 фев 2024