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Pashtun |
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PashtunAny member of a Pashto-speaking people of southeastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. The Pashtun, who number about 7.5 million in Afghanistan and 14 million in Pakistan, constitute the majority of the population of Afghanistan. Their origins are unclear: Pashtun tradition asserts that they are descended from Afghana, grandson of King Saul of Israel, but most scholars believe that they arose from an intermingling of ancient Aryans from the north or west with subsequent invaders. Each Pashtun tribe is divided into clans, subclans, and patriarchal families. Disputes among the Pashtun over property, women, and personal injury often result in blood feuds between families and whole clans. Most tribal people are sedentary farmers; some are migratory herders and caravaners. Large numbers of the Pashtun have always been attracted to military service. |
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Kim does not blur the distinctions of race and religion so much as he co-opts them for his own benefit, sliding into Hindu, Pashtun or British clothes and tongue as he sees fit. In doing so, Pakistan indirectly reinforced the Pashtun tribal network while negating the Shi'a Hazaras in particular. In the east and southeast, around two-dozen Pashtun warlords were competing--often violently--to fill the power vacuum left by the Taliban. |
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