Pashtuns

Iranic ethnic group native to Afghanistan and Western Pakistan

Pashtuns, known historically as ethnic Afghans and in the Indian subcontinent as Pathans, form an ethnic group of approximately 49 million people[1] who mainly live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Pashtuns (some pronounce it as Pakhtoons) speak their native Pashto language but many of them are also fluent in Persian, Urdu and Hindi.[2]

Notable people who relate to the Pashtun ethnicity edit

Random images of Pashtuns from Afghanistan edit

Random images of Pashtuns from Pakistan edit

References edit

  1. Lewis, Paul M.. Pashto, Northern. SIL International. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. "Ethnic population: 49,529,000 possibly total Pashto in all countries."
  2. Pashtun | people (in en). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2021-02-25.