NOUN
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a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan
How To Use Pashtoon In A Sentence
- Khalid Pashtoon, a member of parliament who serves as deputy chairman of the Internal Security Committee, called McChrystal's departure a big loss. Afghan leaders saddened by McChrystal departure, optimistic on Petraeus
- After the murder of his father Karzai inherited the title khan ( "head") of the 500,000-strong Popolzai — the Pashtoon clan of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the Persian army commander who conquered the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and in 1747 became the first king of Afghanistan. The Lawless Frontier
- The Amir is strongly motivated by the Pashtoon concept of "izzat" (self-respect) and tends to look upon any suggestion of concessions to international opinion as an affront to his "izzat". IntelliBriefs