Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns ') [4] or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6][7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity...

Pashtuns (/ ˈpʌʃˌtʊn /, / ˈpɑːʃˌtʊn /, / ˈpæʃˌtuːn /; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́; [18]), also known as Pakhtuns, [19] or Pathans, [d] are a nomadic, [23][24][25] pastoral, [26][27] eastern Iranic ethnic group [19] primarily residing in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. [28][29] They were historically also refe...

Aug 11, 2019 · With a population of at least 50 million, the Pashtun people are Afghanistan's largest ethnic group , and are also the second-largest ethnicity in Pakistan. They are also known as "Pathans." Pashtuns are united by the Pashto language, which is a member of the Indo-Iranian language family, although many also speak Dari (Persian) or Urdu.

May 22, 2019 · There are over 50 million Pashtuns in the world with a majority of them living in the Pakhtunistan region which was divided after the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The Pashtuns adhere to Pashtunwali (ethics that guide communal and individual conduct) and …

Pashtun, ethnolinguistic group residing primarily in the region that lies between the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan and the northern stretch of the Indus River in Pakistan.

Pashtun nationalism (Pashto: پښتون ملتپالنه) is an ideology that claims that the Pashtuns form a distinct nation and that they should always be united to preserve their culture and homeland. [1] .

Feb 19, 2013 · There are about 50 Million Pashtuns spread out across a vast expanse of territory. The majority of Pashtuns are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (A province of Pakistan) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (An autonomous region in North-west Pakistan bordering Afghanistan). The rest of the Pashtuns are in Afghanistan.

Pashtuns are also known as Pathans, Afghans, Pushtuns, Pakhtoons, Pukhtun, Pakhtu, Rohilla and Pashtoon. They are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and by some accounts the largest tribal society in the world.

Pashtuns represent an important community in Pakistan, where they have a dominant representation in the military and comprise the second-largest ethnic group. The Pashtuns embody the world's largest (patriarchal) segmentary lineage ethnic group.

The “Pashtunistan” problem regarding the political status of those Pashtun living on the British (Pakistani) side of the Durand Line developed after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. …creation of a greater “Pashtunistan” in Pashtun areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.