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Pashtuns

Pashtuns
پښتانه
Pax̌tānə
Total population
(Approx. 49 million (2009))
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan 30,699,037 (2008)
 Afghanistan 13,750,117 (2016)
 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
Urdu, Dari and English as second languages
Religion
Islam (Sunni)
with small Shia minority

The Pashtuns /ˈpʌʃˌtʊnz/ or /ˈpæʃˌtnz/ (Pashto: پښتانهPax̌tānə; singular masculine: پښتون Pax̌tūn, feminine: پښتنه Pax̌tana; also Pukhtuns), historically known by the exonyms Afghans (Persian: افغان‎‎, Afğān), and Pathan (Hindi-Urdu: पठान, پٹھان, Paṭhān), are an ethnic group native to Afghanistan and North-Western Pakistan. They are generally classified as Eastern Iranian ethno-linguistically, who use Pashto language and follow Pashtunwali, which is a traditional set of ethics guiding individual and communal conduct. The origin of Pashtuns 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 various countries of South and Central Asia, centred on their traditional seat of power in medieval Afghanistan.


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