Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an ethnic group of Afghanistan and parts of western Pakistan.
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- adjective Of or relating to the Pashtuns (a segmentary-lineage ethnic group currently numbering some 50 million people, which is the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan), or to their culture.
- noun A Pashtun person: a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, or of a Pashtun tribe.
- noun A
Pashto -speaking person. - proper noun
Pashto : the language of the Pashtun ethnic group.
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- noun a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
- noun an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan
Etymologies
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Examples
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The best thing to do is to RESTORE A UNIFIED PASHTUN STATE, because such a single unified ethnic state would have the political unity to competently administer over the people and to eliminate the Taliban, who are overwhelmingly Pashtun.
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Likewise we label Pashtun armies as "Taliban" to make the war look winnable.
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On September 4, 1892, the fruit monopoly era began with Abd al-Rahman issuing a deed of partnership in the export fruit trade to Nur Muhammad, a Taraki Pashtun from the Jalalabad district.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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The entire idea of invading Pakistan is patently ridiculous, even though the necessity of a massive intervention of forces in Pashtun seems entirely necessary.
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The entire idea of invading Pakistan is patently ridiculous, even though the necessity of a massive intervention of forces in Pashtun seems entirely necessary.
Now There’s A Unilateral Invasion I Could Live With « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The sober austerity struck me as very "Pashtun" - not at all like the stereotype of a sensuous, mystical "Sufi Islam" as opposed to some other essentialized "strict Islam".
Informed Comment 2009
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Contrary to the dire warnings of members of Washington's War Party such a process could actually help create some level of stability in Afghanistan as Pakistan and India help establish sphere of influence there: Pakistan will maintain its influence in the so-called Pashtun-belt in the south where a the Taliban could emerge as the major local player, while India exert its own influence in the north of Afghanistan.
Leon T. Hadar: What Happens if U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan? Not the End of the World as We Know it 2010
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Contrary to the dire warnings of members of Washington's War Party such a process could actually help create some level of stability in Afghanistan as Pakistan and India help establish sphere of influence there: Pakistan will maintain its influence in the so-called Pashtun-belt in the south where a the Taliban could emerge as the major local player, while India exert its own influence in the north of Afghanistan.
Leon T. Hadar: What Happens if U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan? Not the End of the World as We Know it 2010
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Often described as Pashtun nationalists, this hardline religious and political movement would govern Afghanistan ruthlessly for the next five years.
Cedric Perrier: Afghanistan: Could Britain be Losing its Appetite for War? 2009
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The Pashtun were the dominant force when the Taliban were the central government.
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