NOUN
- an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
How To Use Pashtu In A Sentence
- That was the Pashtun talking, the soft-hearted, generous, ruthless Pashtun. KARA KUSH
- As an ethnic Pashtun living in a village near Herat, he fled the approach of the Tajik and Hazara forces which captured the city.
- During period of British intervention, ethnic Pashtun territories were divided by the Durand Line; such a division led to strained relations between Afghanistan and British India and later, Pakistan.
- In Pashtun terms splitting the family in this way was almost unthinkable. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
- The dominant form of Sunni Islam among Pakistan's non-Pashtun population is the Barelvi movement, which accommodates many of the rites and practices of Sufism.
- For centuries the Pashtun tribesmen had used this when on a raid, to approach a house or pass through towns. KARA KUSH
- Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski and other 8% Pakistan
- As in the restive south and east of Afghanistan, the agencies are populated by self-ruling Pashtun tribes for whom war has been a way of life for centuries.
- Inevitably, this will mean incorporating some of the Taliban and their mostly Pashtun supporters into the political fold.
- Our 100,000-strong, combat-heavy presence alienates Pashtuns, aids in Taliban recruitment, incurs unsustainable costs to our economy and prevents prioritization of more effective, troop-light, counter-strategies. Rep. Mike Honda: U.S. Defense Industry Preventing Effective Strategies in Afghanistan