Pashtun/Pathan People ( Iranian People )

According to most anthropologists, the Pashtuns appear to be primarily of Aryan descent similar to the Persians, Kurds and Tajiks. The Pashtuns have eastern Iranian origins as the Pashto language is classified as an eastern Iranian tongue distantly related to Ossetic among other Iranian languages.

The Pashtuns (also Pushtun , Pakhtun , ethnic Afghan , or Pathan are an ethno-linguistic group of people, living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan , the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Province, and small communities in India. The Pashtuns are characterized by their indigenous code "religion" of honor and culture, Pashtunwali (pukhtoonwali). The Pashtuns are the world's largest lineage (patriarchal) tribal group in existence. The total population of the group is estimated at ca. 40 million.

From the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD the regions where the Pashtuns lived saw immense migrations of peoples from Central Asia and the Middle East: the arrival of the Sakas, Kushans, Huns, Gujjars.

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