"Pathanon ko Allah nay apnay deen kay liye chun liya hai!" -- It translates as: "Allah has chosen the Pathan/Pakhtuns for His Deen".
Allah choose this "pathans" for his ' deen (religion ).
He then justified the statement by regarding the Taliban to have been our saviors, had they not been there to help the Ummah we would have been mercilessly slaughtered by the Kuffaar. Although my Sheikh is not from Pakhtunkhwa but he holds great love and respect for its people.