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Nadir Khan was not famous, Zahir Shah was famous but not Nadir Khan. Also Nadir Khan commited many attrocities against Tajiks of Kabul and of Shamali. As a Tajik, I find his picture here offensive. |
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Image:Habibullah Khan of Afghanistan.jpg|King Habibullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919 |
Image:Habibullah Khan of Afghanistan.jpg|King Habibullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919 |
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Image:Mamoud Tarzi-203.jpg|Mahmud Tarzi was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals who is known as the father of journalism in Afghanistan |
Image:Mamoud Tarzi-203.jpg|Mahmud Tarzi was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals who is known as the father of journalism in Afghanistan |
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Image:Mohammed Nadir Khan of Afghanistan.jpg|Mohammed Nadir Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933 |
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Image:King Mohammad Zahir Shah.jpg|Mohammed Zahir Shah, ruler of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973 |
Image:King Mohammad Zahir Shah.jpg|Mohammed Zahir Shah, ruler of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973 |
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Image:Ahmad Zahir of Afghanistan.jpg|Ahmad Zahir, legendary Afghan musician in the 1960s and 70s |
Image:Ahmad Zahir of Afghanistan.jpg|Ahmad Zahir, legendary Afghan musician in the 1960s and 70s |
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Revision as of 05:32, 16 April 2008
Pashtuns (also Pakhtuns), Pathans or ethnic Afghans are people that form one ethnic group, which is made up of approximately 42 million individuals living in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as in certain major cities of India and western parts of Iran. The Pashtuns (Pash-tunes) usually speak their native Pashto language, but many of them also use Urdu, Hindi, Persian, English, and other languages of the region for their daily communication purposes.
Famous Pashtuns
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Sher Shah Suri, founder of the Sur Empire in India during the 1500s -
Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire at Kandahar in 1747
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Shuja Shah Durrani, the 5th king of Afghanistan, sitting on his throne in Kabul -
Sher Ali Khan, ruler of Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War -
Abdur Rahman Khan, ruler of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901 -
King Habibullah Khan ruled Afghanistan from 1901 to 1919 -
Mahmud Tarzi was one of Afghanistan's greatest intellectuals who is known as the father of journalism in Afghanistan -
Mohammed Zahir Shah, ruler of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973 -
Ahmad Zahir, legendary Afghan musician in the 1960s and 70s
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Ali Ahmad Jalali, worked for Voice of America for over 20 years, now a Professor at the National Defense University in the United States -
Zalmay Khalilzad, served as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, and is now U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations -
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, former finance minister of Afghanistan and now a Commissioner at the United Nations
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Hamid Karzai, current President of Afghanistan -
Abdul Rahim Wardak, current Defense Minister of Afghanistan
