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Pashtuns-Ethnicities and Languages Isamar Conde Sammy Newman Kira Sahaida

Afghanistan is considered a country of minorities with no group serving as a majority Pashtuns are the largest group making up 42% Pashtuns are the dominant people and have been ruling since fall of the Mughal and Safavid dynasties

Reside mainly in Southern and Eastern Afghanistan

Pashtuns are also known as Pakhatun, Pathan, or ethnic Afghans

Pashtun Girl

Pashtun identity began to develope as Afghan identity under the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani.

The Pashtuns are richer and more educated so they take control of the Hazaras, mostly through violent acts.

Pashtuns vs Hazara

Within each tribe, one is the recognized leader. He is usually the oldest man of the family at each level. The tribe as a whole has chief at higher level.

Kabul

Kubal Nadir Sah Tomb

Marriage does not take place between single 'autonomous' individuals, but between groups. Marriage creates alliances outside the family, and the tribe/clan.

Pashtun Child

Pashto is the National language of Afghanistan. Pashtu is the language of the Pashtun and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, the other being Dari (Persian). The origin of Pashto language and the Pashtun tribes is unknown. The word "Pashto" derives by regular phonological processes from Parsawā- "Persian".

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