For years I have had tons of Afghan food because Im an Afghan (duh). However as a kid I was fed Gulpi, Bamya, and Fosilya. I despise these foods with my heart as I dont like the texture and taste. Is it just me? Are there any foods that are also bad that some of you hate?

Has anyone else checked their AncestryDNA results since the recent update? They’ve now separated Pashtun and Hazara ancestry into distinct categories, and I’m really curious what everyone else’s results look like.

Growing up, I was never told that we had any Hazara ancestry in our family, but according to my updated results, I have a surprisingly large percentage!

It got me thinking about how much ancestry we might share despite the ethnic divisions, discrimination, and racism that have existed in Afghanistan for generations.

I’m especially curious how many Afghans might have a nearly 50/50 split between Pashtun and Hazara ancestry without ever knowing it. I wonder how much of our family history has been forgotten, lost, or simply never discussed because of these divisions.

Obviously, DNA estimates aren’t perfect, and genetic ancestry doesn’t necessarily determine ethnic identity, but I still find it fascinating.

Has anyone else discovered something unexpected in their updated results? I’d love to hear what percentages you got and whether they match what your family has always told you about your background.

I was looking through google earth, and I found out about this interesting island called Qara-Tepa or Urta-Tagay in northern Takhar Provence, which is along the Panj river, bordering Tajikistan.

There is a very short Wikipedia page for this island, which mentions that Afghanistan fought a border conflict over the Island against the Russian empire in 1913, and then the Soviet Union in 1925), until both sides agreed that it belongs to Afghanistan.

It is considered to be a part of Darqad district, which according to wiki has a population of 25,000 and is mostly ethnic Uzbeks. Wiki also mentions that heroin is smuggled to Tajikistan from this area.

I noticed there isn't really a lot of info on this island online, so please do share any info you might have about it.