how to pacify and win the support of the Pashtun population?
Pashtuns (also known as Pathans or ethnic Afghans) form the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second biggest in Pakistan. In 1929 Ghaffar Khan founded the Khudai Khidmatgar (KK or Servants of God) movement to free the predominantly Pashtun NWFP and the rest of British India from colonialism through strikes, political rallies and non-violent opposition. The KK volunteers, who also included women, were known as the Red Shirts because of the red uniform they wore. The movement is estimated to have had 100-300,000 members – and was described as the first non-violent army in the world. It endured some of the worst suffering of the Indian independence movement. The movement later became an affiliate of the Indian National Congress and Ghaffar Khan became a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. “It is true that there are attacks on a daily basis, but there is a possibility to revive the peace movement through projects like this film,” says Teri C McLuhan, director of the film. “I think Ba
