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Pakhtuns

Pashtuns
پښتانه
Pax̌tānə
Total population
(Approx. 49 million (2009))
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan 30,699,037 (2008)
 Afghanistan 13,750,117 (2008)
 UAE 338,315 (2009)
 United States 138,554 (2010)
 Iran 110,000 (1993)
 United Kingdom 100,000 (2009)
 Germany 37,800 (2012)
 Canada 26,000 (2006)
 India 13,000 (2009)
 Russia 9,800 (2002)
 Australia 8,154 (2006)
 Malaysia 5,500 (2008)
 Tajikistan 4,000 (1970)
Languages
Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri
In their different forms: Durrani, Ghilji, Yusufzai, Afridi, Wazirwola
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
with small Twelver Shia minority

The Pashtuns (/ˈpʌʃˌtʊnz/, /ˈpɑːʃˌtʊnz/ or /ˈpæʃˌtnz/; Pashto: پښتانهPax̌tānə; singular masculine: پښتون Pax̌tūn, feminine: پښتنه Pax̌tana; also Pukhtuns, and also in Pakistan as Pakhtoons, or Pukhtoons), historically known by the exonyms Afghans (Persian: افغان‎‎, Afğān) and Pathans (Hindustani: پٹھان, पठान, Paṭhān), are an Iranic ethnic group who mainly live in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They speak the Pashto language and adhere to Pashtunwali, which is a traditional set of ethics guiding individual and communal conduct. The ethnogenesis of the Pashtun ethnic group is unclear but historians have come across references to various ancient peoples called Pakthas (Pactyans) between the 2nd and the 1st millennium BC, who may be their early ancestors. Their history is mostly spread amongst the countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, centred on their traditional seat of power in that region.


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