Pashtuns

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Pashtuns (some pronounce it as Pakhtuns), known historically as ethnic Afghans and in the Indian subcontinent as Pathans, are people that form one ethnic group, which is made up of approximately 50 million individuals living in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as in certain major cities of India and western parts of Iran. The Pashtuns (Pash-tunes) usually speak their native Pashto language but many of them also use Urdu, Hindi, Persian, English, and other languages of the region for their daily communication purposes. The word Pathan is usually applied to individuals who reside outside their native land and have mixed with the south asian culture.

Notable people [edit]

  • Sultan Ghuizzuddin, son of Bahauddin Suri, was one of the Ghorid rulers in the late 1100s from Ghor, Afghanistan

  • Sultan Shahabuddin or Mohammad of Ghor, son of Bahauddin Suri, was another Ghorid ruler who conquered the Indian subcontinent from his base in Afghanistan

  • Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji (Ghilzai), second ruler of Khilji dynasty of Delhi from 1296 to 1316

  • Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi, the last ruler of the Lodhi dynasty of Delhi

  • Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan), founder of the Sur Empire in India during the 1500s

  • Mir Wais Hotak (Mirwais Neeka), defeated the Persian army and established the first modern Afghan state in 1709

  • Shah Mahmud Hotaki, conquered Persia by further defeating the Persian Empire (Safavids) until he became Emperor of Persia in 1722

  • Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal in India between 1723 and 1728

  • Shah Hussain Hotaki, son of Mir Wais and brother of Mahmud, was the last Hotaki ruler at Kandahar from 1722 to 1738

  • Ahmad Shah Durrani (Ahmad Shah Baba), founder of the Durrani Empire (Afghan Empire) at Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1747

  • Shah Shujah Durrani, King of Afghanistan and grandson of Ahmad Shah Baba, sitting inside his Palace at Bala Hissar in 1839

  • Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai Dynasty in Afghanistan, is sitting with his youngest son in 1841

  • Mohmmad Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohmmad Khan and a local hero in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War

  • Ghulam Hyder Khan, 4th son of Dost Mohammad Khan, led Afghan forces at the Battle of Ghazni in 1839

  • Gul Mohammad Khan, leader of the Ghilzais during the First Anglo-Afghan War

  • Sher Ali Khan was ruler of Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

  • Ayub Khan defeated the British forces in the famous Battle of Maiwand in July 1880

  • Abdur Rahman Khan was ruler of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901

  • King Habibullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919

  • Mahmud Tarzi, a great intellectual who is known as the father of journalism in Afghanistan

  • King Amanullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, during the Third Anglo-Afghan War

  • Queen Soraya Tarzi, daughter of Mahmud Tarzi and wife of King Amanaullah

  • Inayatullah Khan, brother of Amanullah, was only king for several days

  • King Nadir Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933

  • King Zahir Shah, ruler of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973

  • Bacha Khan (on the left next to Gandhi) was s political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British rule in India

  • Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969

  • Yahya Khan was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971

  • The Afghan girl, appearing on the cover of the June 1985 National Geographic magazine

  • Ali Ahmad Jalali, worked for Voice of America for over 20 years, now a Professor at the National Defense University in the United States

  • Zalmay Khalilzad, served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations

  • Hamid Karzai, leader and President of Afghanistan since 2001

  • Abdul Rahim Wardak, Defense Minister of Afghanistan

  • Ashraf Ghani, former member of World Bank, Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness and a Commisioner at the UNDP

  • Hedayat Amin Arsala, politician in Afghanistan and former World Bank employee

  • Sher Mohammad Karimi, Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army

  • Abdul Salam Azimi, Chief Justic of Afghanistan

  • Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, Attorney General of Afghanistan

  • Zalmai Rassoul, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

  • Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Interior Minister of Afghanistan until 2009

  • Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, politician in Afghanistan who served as Commerce and Trade Minister since 2009

  • Imran Khan, world famous cricket player and now a politician in Pakistan

  • Asif Rahimi, politician in Afghanistan who served as Minister of Agriculture

  • Amirzai Sangin, politician in Afghanistan who served as Minister of Communication

  • Asadullah Khalid, politician in Afghanistan who served as Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs and as a governor

  • Fauzia Gailani, member of Parliament in Afghanistan

  • Malalai Kakar, female Afghan National Police (ANP) officer from Kandahar who was killed by the Taliban militants in September 2008

  • Shukria Barakzai, member of Parliament in Afghanistan

  • Gul Agha Sherzai, politician in Afghanistan who served as a governor of several provinces

  • Tooryalai Wesa, Governor of Kandahar

  • Gulab Mangal, politician in Afghanistan who served as Governor of Helmand

  • Juma Khan Hamdard, politician in Afghanistan who served as governor of several provinces

  • Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, politician in Afghanistan who served as Governor of Herat

  • Rahool Amin, politician in Afghanistan who served as Governor of Farah Province

  • Dr. Mohammad Daim Kakar, Director General of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA)

  • Mustafa Zaher, head of the National Environmental Protection Agency

  • Farhad Darya, singer from Afghanistan

  • Shahid Afridi

Random images of Pashtuns [edit]

  • Collage of images showing Pashtuns from Afghanistan

  • Street scene in Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan

  • Afghan men praying in Kunar Province

  • Afghan girls in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan

  • Children in Khost Province, Afghanistan

  • Afghan boys in Paktika province

  • School girls in Bamozai, Paktia Province of Afghanistan

  • Pashtun boy from Ghazni

  • Children at a park in Kandahar, Afghanistan

  • Men in Kandahar

  • Boys in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

  • Nad Ali district of Helmand in Afghanistan

  • Man and his son inside a U.S. Chinook military helicopter

  • Pashtun man shopping at a store in Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Khattak is a swift martial sword-dance of the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns mainly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area of Pakistan

  • Asadullah Khalid with students at Rahman Baba High School in Kabul

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