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Pashtun

NOUN
  1. a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
    Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan
  2. an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

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  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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