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'''[[w:Pashtuns|Pashtuns]]''', known historically as ethnic '''Afghans''' and in the Indian subcontinent as '''Pathans''' in the Indian subcontinent , form an ethnic group of approximately 9049 upmillion topeople<ref>{{cite 100web|last=Lewis|first=Paul millionM.|title=Pashto, peopleNorthern|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pbu|work=[[SIL whoInternational]]|publisher=[[Ethnologue]]: mainlyLanguages liveof inthe LoyWorld, (great)Sixteenth Afghanistanedition|location=Dallas, (currentTexas|quote=''Ethnic Afghanistanpopulation: and49,529,000 halfpossibly oftotal currentPashto in all countries.''}}</ref> who mainly live in Afghanistan and Pakistan). The Pashtuns (some pronounce it as ''Pakhtoons or Pukhtoons'' ) speak their native Pashto language but thosemany who live in the bilingualof statesthem are also fluent in DariPersian, Urdu (spokenand Hindi) and Pashaye.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pashtun {{!}} people|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pashtun|access-date=2021-02-25|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Notable people who relate to the Pashtun ethnicity==
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File:Sultan-Ibrahim-Lodhi.jpg|Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi, the last ruler of the ''Lodhi dynasty'' of Delhi
File:Sher Shah Suri by Breshna.jpg|Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan), founder of the Sur Empire in India during the 1500s
File:SHAH-MAHMUD-HOTAK.jpg|Shah Mahmud Hotak (the conqueror of Ispahn province of modern day Iran), member of the Hotak dynasty, overthrew the Safavid dynasty and became King of Persia from 1722 until 1725
File:Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal.jpg|Dost Mohammad Khan, Nawab of Bhopal in India between 1723 and 1728
File:Shah-Husain-Hotak.jpg|Shah Hussain Hotak, son of Mirwais and brother of Mahmud, was the last Hotak ruler at [[Kandahar]] from 1722 to 1738
File:Portrait miniature of Ahmad Shah Durrani.jpg|Emperor [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]] (Ahmad Shah Baba or Ahmad khan Abdali), founder of the [[Durrani Empire]] (''Afghan Empire'') at Kandahar, [[Afghanistan]], in 1747.
File:Emperor Zaman Shah Durrani of Afghanistan-cropped-3.jpg|Zaman Shah, son of Timur Shah and grandson of Ahmad Shah Baba, governed the Durrani Empire from 1793 to 1801
File:Shah Shujah of Afghanistan.jpg|Shah Shujah Durrani governed the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809 and again from 1839 to 1842
File:Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan.jpg|Dost Mohammad Khan, leader of the Barakzai dynasty, took control of Afghanistan after the decline of the previous Durrani dynasty
File:Lithograph of Akbar Khan in 1842.jpg|Mohammad Akbar Khan, son of Dost Mohammad Khan, defeated the advancing British and Sikh army during the [[First Anglo-Afghan War]]
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File:Madhubala in the 1949 film Dulari.jpg|Madhubala, Bollywood actress who appeared in classic Indian films of Hindi Cinema from 1942 to 1960.
File:SalimKhan.jpg|Salim Khan, Indian actor and screenwriter since the 1960s, and father of Bollywood superstar [[Salman Khan]]
File:Muhammad Ayub Khan.JPG|Ayub Khan, President of modern day Pakistan (Punjabi establishment) from 1958 to 1969.
File:General Yahya Khan (croppedportrait, circa version)1966.jpg|Yahya Khan, President of modern day Pakistan (Punjabi establishment) from 1969 to 1971.
File:KaderKhan-cropped.jpg|Kader Khan, appeared in over 400 Indian films since 1970, often playing the role of a Pathan such as in ''Aa Ab Laut Chalen'' (1999).
File:Ali Ahmad Jalali.jpg|Ali Ahmad Jalali, Afghan politician; worked for ''Voice of America'' for over 20 years, now a Professor at the National Defense University in the United States
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File:Karzai in June 2014-cropped.jpg|[[Hamid Karzai]], leader and President of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014
File:Abdul Rahim Wardak in 2006 (cropped).jpg|Abdul Rahim Wardak, former Defense Minister of Afghanistan
File:Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in July 2011-cropped.jpg|Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan; former member of World Bank, Chairman of the Institute of State Effectiveness and a Commisioner at the UNDP
 
File:Secretary Pompeo Meets with the Taliban Negotiation Team (50632321483).jpg|Taliban leaders in 2021
File:PTM Manzoor Pashteen.jpg|Manzoor Pashteen, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)
File:Gailani in September 2014.jpg|Ahmed Gailani was an Afghan politician
File:Hedayat Amin Arsala speaking in July 2011-cropped.jpg|Hedayat Amin Arsala, Afghan politicianpolitican and former World Bank employee
File:Sher Mohammad Karimi in April 2011.jpg|Sher Mohammad Karimi, former Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army
File:Abdul Salam Azimi in November 2009.jpg|Abdul Salam Azimi, former Chief Justic of Afghanistan
File:Aloko in November 2009-cropped.jpg|Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, Afghan politicianpolitican
File:Anwarul Haq Ahadi.JPG|Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, Afghan politician
File:Amirzai Zangin in 2011-cropped.jpg|Amirzai Sangin, Afghan politicianpolitican
File:Kandahar Governor in April 2012.jpg|Tooryalai Wesa, Afghan politician
File:Gul Agha.jpg|Gul Agha Sherzai, Afghan politician
File:Abdul Raziq in 2012.jpg|General Abdul Raziq was Afghan politician, from Loy Kandahar(south) region
File:Ghulam Haider Hamidi in 2011.jpg|Ghulam Haider Hamidi was Afghan politician
File:Juma Khan Hamdard of Afghanistan in 2010-cropped.jpg|Juma Khan Hamdard, Afghan politician
File:Mohammad Daim Kakar speaking in 2011-cropped.jpg|Dr. Mohammad Daim Kakar, Afghan politician
File:Farhad Darya in 2010-cropped.jpg|Farhad Darya, one of many Afghan musicians
File:Shahid Afridi in 2017.jpg|Shahid Afridi, AfghanPakistani cricket player played for modern day Pakistan (Punjabi establishment).
File:Mohammad Nabi-Australia.jpg|Mohammad Nabi, Afghan cricker player
File:Imran Khan WEF.jpg|Imran Khan, famous cricket player and now Prime Minister of Pakistan. He belongs to the Niazi tribe
File:Laila_khan_Singer.jpg|Laila Khan, Pakistani singer
File:Naghma 2010-3.jpg|Naghma, one of many Afghan musicians
File:Shukria Barakzai in March 2011-cropped.jpg|Shukria Barakzai, Afghan politician
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