Pashtuns are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group in Afghanistan and Northwestern Pakistan. Originating in Afghanistan - they are also referred to as Afghans - The Pashtuns form a large percentage of both populations, being the dominant 53% of the population of Afghanistan and 15% of the population of Pakistan, the second-largest ethnic group there. Pashtun people typically adhere to the Pashtunwali set of beliefs. Most Pashtuns follow Sunni Islam with a small Shia and Christian minority.
Ancestry[]
The Pashtuns are the descendants of various Eastern Iranian groups such as the Scythians and White Huns (Hephthalites).[1]
Pashtun Children from Khost
Afghan Army General Aslam Watanjar
A Pashtun girl from Afghanistan
Pashtun Communist Revolutionary, Nur Muhammad Taraki
Pashtun Cosmonaut Colonel Abdul Ahad Momand with his Family. In 1988 during a phone call with then President Najibullah, Ahad made Pashto the 4th Language to be spoken in Space.