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  2. Pashtuns - Wikipedia

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    The most frequent haplogroup among Pakistani Pashtuns is haplogroup R which is found at a rate of 28–50%. Haplogroup J2 was found in 9% to 24% depending on the study and Haplogroup E has been found at a frequency of 4% to 13%. Haplogroup L occurs at a rate of 8%. Certain Pakistani Pashtun groups exhibit high levels of R1b.

  3. Afghan name - Wikipedia

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    An Afghan personal name consists of a given name (Dari: نام, Pashto: نوم) and sometimes a surname at the end. Personal names are generally not divided into first and family names; a single name is recognized as a full personal name, and the addition of further components – such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics – is often a matter of ...

  4. List of Pashtuns - Wikipedia

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    Ghulam Sediq Wardak (Afghanistan) – Pashtun inventor who is known for more than 344 inventions; Jamal al-Din al-Afghani – one of the founders of Islamic Modernism, [10] as well as an advocate of Pan-Islamic unity in India against the British. Zemaryalai Tarzi – Pashtun archeologist; Daud Shah Saba – Ethnic Afghan (Pashtun) geologist

  5. Pashtun tribes - Wikipedia

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    According to some books written on the history of the Pashtuns, it is either unclear or controversial. [7] The Karlani confederacy Ormur Baraki, who became the progenitor of the Karlani. [8]: 33 There are several levels of the Pashtun tribal organization. The "tribe" is subdivided into kinship groups, each of which is a khel and zai.

  6. Afghans - Wikipedia

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    The less common Afghanistani (افغانستانی) is an alternative identity marker for citizens of Afghanistan. The term "Afghanistani" refers to someone who is a citizen of Afghanistan, [72] regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. [73] [74] In multiethnic Afghanistan, the term "Afghan" has always been associated with the Pashtun people ...

  7. Zai (suffix) - Wikipedia

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    Zai (Pashto: زی zay 'son of'; plural: زي zī) is a suffix denoting a member of certain Pashtun tribes in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Clan names are formed with the word khel . Distribution

  8. Kakar - Wikipedia

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    1929 - Kākaṛ Pashtuns pictured by Georg Morgenstierne. Until the fifteenth century, Kakars along with Tajiks, Baloch and Farsiwans mainly inhabited the Qandahar region and because of the predominant position of Abdali and Ghilzai Pashtuns in Qandahar region during and around 14th century, Tajiks, Hazaras, Kakars and Baloch lost their previous possessions and were forced to pay tax or ...

  9. Pashtunistan - Wikipedia

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    Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns') [4] or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6] [7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity have been based.