The beginning of this year witnessed the launch of some new Pashto poetry books, versifying the present social turmoil and militancy. Poets and writers are among the most vigilant and responsive souls and sensitive to any kind of change in the social fabric. It is not surprising then that over the last few decades Pashtun poets have profusely written on different forms of terrorism that have wrecked havoc on people’s lives and caused a huge damage to their social, political and cultural set up. Poets have focused on the causes of the "war on terror," leaving thousands of innocent people dead, numerous injured and millions homeless. There is a withdrawal from the conventional way of expression; it’s more the poetry of the mind than of the heart. It condemns more than it resists militancy and the militant’s way of "reforming" the Pashtun society. Pashto poets have not only bemoaned the shaking foundations of their cultural institutions at the hands of the militants but have also bravely raised their voices against the militants’ anti-Pashtun vision. Right from Khushhal Khan Khattak and Rahman Baba to the Khudai Khidmatgaar Tehreek of Baacha Khan, Pashtun poets and writers have always offered strong resistance against tyranny, oppression and extremism and upheld their social norms and traditional values for peaceful co-existence with other nations. Pashtuns are liberal, large-hearted and democratic people keeping a balance between the hujra and the jumaat - the social and religious obligations. Ali Akbar Sial, a senior Pashto poet and author of many books, hailing from Malakand Agency, is the most vocal among contemporary poets. As early as in the year 2000 he had brought out a collection of poems titled Pa Jung De Or Olagee (To Hell With War) followed by another titled, Daa Paharoonah Ba Gundal Ghawaree (These Wounds Need To Be Healed). Ukhkay Ukhkay Musketub (The Tearful Smile) came out in 2005 and in 2009 he published Zamung Pa