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Pashtun diaspora (Pashto: بهر مېشت پښتانه) comprises all ethnic Pashtuns. There are millions of Pashtuns who are living outside of their traditional homeland of Pashtunistan , a historic region that is today situated over parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan . [ 12 ]
In India significant Pashtun diaspora communities exist. [63] [59] While speakers of Pashto in the country number only 21,677 as of 2011, estimates of the ethnic or ancestral Pashtun population in India range from 3,200,000 [10] [64] [65] to 11,482,000, [66] to as high as double their population in Afghanistan (approximately 30 million). [67]
Afghan diaspora, Pakistani diaspora, Pashtun Americans ( Pashto : د امريکا پښتانه ) are Americans who are of Pashtun origin, an Eastern Iranian ethnic group originating from a region of Afghanistan and Pakistan [ 2 ] historically called Pashtunistan .
Pashtunization (Pashto: پښتون جوړونه, Dari: پشتونسازی), [1] [2] [3] is a process of cultural or linguistic change in which someone or something non-Pashtun becomes acculturated to Pashtun influence.
Pashtuns are traditionally organised into tribal divisions, and their society is defined by the Pashtunwali, the traditional code by which they live. It is extremely important in the social structure and interactions of the Pashtun tribes. There are more than 350–400 Pashtun tribes making Pashtuns the world's largest segmentary lineage ...
American people of Pashtun descent (22 P) Pages in category "Pashtun diaspora in the United States" This category contains only the following page.
Most of the Pashtun region east of the Durand Line was annexed by the British in the twentieth century, and formed the North-West Frontier. The Pashtun tribal agencies along the Durand Line, further west from the North-West Frontier, formed a buffer zone between Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier of British India. Following the end of the ...
Pashtun diaspora in North America (1 C) A. Pashtun diaspora in Asia (2 C, 8 P) D. People of Pashtun descent (12 C) P. Pashtun diaspora in Europe (6 P) Pages in ...