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Pashtuns (/ˈpʌʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpɑːʃˌtʊn/, /ˈpæʃˌtuːn/; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́;), also
known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are a nomadic, pastoral, Iranian...
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region were
historically known as the Pakthas, and were
identified by the
Ancient Gr****s as the Pactyans, and
considered as
ancestors of
modern Pakthuns....
- them in present-day
eastern Afghanistan,
identifying them with the
modern Pakthun."
Following Alexander the Great's
conquest and
occupation in the 4th century...
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District po****tion as of 2017. The
tehsil is
named after the
inhabiting Pakthun Utmankhel tribe of the
Karlani tribal confederacy. The vast
majority of...
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referred to as Pashtun, who were also
called "Afghans". The name
Pashtun (or
Pakthun) is the
original and
oldest name. The tenth-century
Persian geography Hudud...
- them in present-day
eastern Afghanistan,
identifying them with the
modern Pakthun." Gandhara, a
region encomp****ing the South-east of Afghanistan, was also...
- Indo-****stani War of 1971. He
resigned after there were
deadly clashes between Pakthun activists and the army at the
Liaqat National Bagh on 23
March 1973. After...
- and on his own initiative. He left
Peshawar with a
troop of
irregular Pakthun hor**** and rode
straight for the
vital fort at
Attock which, if controlled...
