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    Pashtuns (/ˈpʌʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpɑːʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpæʃˌtuːn/; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́; Pashto pronunciation: [pəxˈtɑːna]), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans...
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    Pashto (redirect from Pashtun language)
    Afghani (افغانی, Afghāni). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan alongside Dari...
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  • Pashtun diaspora (Pashto: بهر میشت پښتانه) comprises all ethnic Pashtuns. There are millions of Pashtuns who are living outside of their traditional homeland...
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  • Pashtun culture (Pashto: پښتون کلتور) is based on Pashtunwali, as well as speaking of the Pashto language and wearing Pashtun dress. Pashtunwali and Islam...
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  • Pashtunwali (redirect from Pashtun wally)
    the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or...
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    Pashtunistan (redirect from Pashtun land)
    lit. 'land of the Pashtuns', Persian: پشتونستان) is a region located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of southern Afghanistan...
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    The Pashtun tribes (Pashto: پښتانه قبايل), are tribes of the Pashtun people, a large Eastern Iranian ethnic group who speak the Pashto language and follow...
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    Pashtun nationalism (Pashto: پښتون ملتپالنه) is an ideology that claims that the Pashtuns form a distinct nation and that they should always be united...
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  • Republic who are of ethnic Pashtun ancestry. "Pathan" is the local Hindi-Urdu term for an individual who belongs to the Pashtun ethnic group, or descends...
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  • population, the Pashtun dress of Afghanistan is typically made from light linens, and are loose-fitting for ease of movement. Pashtun men usually wear...
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  • The Pashtun people are classified as an Iranian ethnic group. They are indigenous to southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Although a number of theories...
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    Pashtuns, also known as Pakhtuns or Afghans, are an ethnic group that inhabit the Pashtunistan region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are one of the...
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    Pashtun cuisine (Pashto: پښتنۍ خواړه) refers to the cuisine of the Pashtun people and is covered under both Afghan and Pakistani cuisines. It is largely...
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  • Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM; Pashto: پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ, Paṣtūn Zhghōrənē Ghōrźang; Urdu: پشتون تحفظ تحریک, Pashtūn Tahaffuz Tehreek lit. 'Pashtun...
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  • Yusufzai Afghans historically, are one of the largest tribes of ethnic Pashtuns. They are natively based in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand...
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    Taliban (redirect from Pashtun Taliban)
    is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi current of Islamic fundamentalism. It ruled...
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  • Anti-Pashtun sentiment refers to dislike and hostility towards Pashtuns, Pashtun culture, or the Pashto language. This includes fear as well as resentment...
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  • as their primary languages and identify themselves with Hindkowans and Pashtuns. Of Dardic origins, Swatis originally spoke Dardic languages such as Gibri...
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    Afridi (redirect from Afridi (pashtun))
    اپريدی Aprīdai, plur. اپريدي Aprīdī; Urdu: آفریدی) are an ethnically Afghan Pashtun tribe present day tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan The Afridis...
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  • British Pashtuns (Pashto: انګرېز پښتانه) are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom who are of Pashtun ancestry. As of the 2021 census, there were...
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  • Afghan name (redirect from Pashtun names)
    only use a first name and lack a last name. This is also the case among Pashtuns in neighbouring Pakistan. Those having only a first name may be distinguished...
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    پشتین) is a Pakistani Pashtun human rights activist from South Waziristan. He is chairman of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement ("Pashtun Protection Movement"...
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  • Pashtun Americans (Pashto: د امريکا پښتانه) are Americans who are of Pashtun origin, an Eastern Iranian ethnic group originating from Afghanistan and Pakistan...
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  • Pashtuns of Kashmir and the Pathans in Kashmir (also called Kashmiri Pathans) include Pashtun people (Pathans) that may still follow Pashtunwali and speak...
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  • پنجابي پښتانه), also called Punjabi Pathans or Pathans, are descendants of Pashtun settlers, an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, in the Punjab region of Pakistan...
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  • various Pashtun-dominated governments of Afghanistan have pursued policies, called Pashtunization, aimed towards settling more ethnic Pashtuns in the northern...
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    Bacha Khan (باچا خان, 'King of Chiefs') or Badshah Khan (بادشاه خان) was a Pashtun independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar resistance...
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    population. The province is multiethnic, with the main ethnic groups being the Pashtuns, Hindkowans, Saraikis, and Chitralis. Once a stronghold of Buddhism, Khyber...
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  • The Pathan Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army now merged into Frontier Force Regiment. It was raised after the independence of Pakistan...
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    interim government, led by a Pashtun, had 12 Tajiks and 9 Pashtuns as part of its cabinet of ministers. Hence, Pashtuns wanted the following transitional...
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