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settled in Punjab and Sindh who make up significant numbers alongside the native communities of these two provinces. In addition, there are 1.7 million Afghan refugees of whom majority are Pashtuns. These refugees, however, are expected to leave Pakistan and settle in Afghanistan in the coming years.
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area was created to further placate the Pashtun tribesmen who never fully accepted British rule and were prone to rebellions, while the city of Peshawar was directly administered as part of a British protectorate state with full integration into the federal rule of law with the establishment of civic
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A majority of Pashtuns live south of the Hindu Kush (the 500-mile mountain range that covers northwestern Pakistan to central and eastern Pakistan) and with some Persian speaking ethnic groups. Hazaras and Tajiks live in the Hindu Kush area, and north of the Hindu Kush are Persians and Turkic ethnic
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An important development in Pakistan during the Ayub period (1958–1969) was the gradual integration into Pakistani society and the military-bureaucratic establishment. It was a period of Pakistan's political history which saw a large number of ethnic Pashtuns holding high positions in the military
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as ethno-linguistic names, contrary to what he believed and strived for Pashtunistan an independent state. During the 1950s to the late 1960s, Pashtuns were promoted to higher positions within the Pakistani government and military, thereby integrating Pashtuns into the Pakistani state and severely
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claim on the entire Pashtun-populated region. The Pashtunistan demand also served the cause of domestic Afghan politics, where several successive governments used the idea to strengthen "Pashtun ethnic support" for the state. This policy intensified ethno-linguistic rivalry between Pashtuns and
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The word Pathanistan is not Persian but Indian. It shows that the Khalifa had already acquired the consent of the Muslim leaders of India or these leaders might have motivated the Khalifa to first liberate the Pukhtuns' land (Pathanistan) to build up a strong base against the British Empire in
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The name Pakhtunistan or in soft Pashtu dialect Pashtunistan evolved originally from the Indian word Pathanistan. The very concept of Pakhtunistan was taken from the old word Pakhtunkhwa. The British, Indian leaders and even the Khudai Khidmatgars were using Pathanistan for Pakhtunistan in the
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The name Pakhtunistan or in soft Pashtu dialect Pashtunistan evolved originally from the Indian word Pathanistan. The very concept of Pakhtunistan was taken from the old word Pakhtunkhwa. Obaidullah Sindhi used Pashtania for Pashtu speaking area of his Proposed People's Republic of India or
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The Durand Line and Pashtunistan issues have been raised by different Afghan regimes in the past. However, it may no longer be a concern. Pashtuns are now so well integrated in Pakistani society that the majority will never opt for Pashtunistan or Afghanistan. Afghan-Pashtun refugees
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Bacha Khan who previously strived greatly for Pashtunistan later on in 1980 during an interview with an Indian journalist, Haroon Siddiqui said that the "idea of Pashtunistan never helped Pashtuns. In fact it was never a reality". He further said that "successive
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There are more than 19 million Pashtuns in Afghanistan, constituting 48% of the population. Other sources say that up to 60% of Afghanistan's population is made up of ethnic Pashtuns, forming the largest ethnic group in that country. Pashto is one of the
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Ghaffar Khan, who opposed the partition, chose to live in Pakistan, where he continued to fight for the rights of the Pashtun minority and for joining Afghanistan. Afghanistan means literally land of the pashtun people! the Homeland of the Pashtuns is
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and the British. Poor and landlocked, newly born Afghanistan was able to defend its territory and keep both sides at bay by using them against each other. In 1893, as part of a way for fixing the limit of their respective spheres of influence, the
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in Pakistan. The Pashtuns are concentrated mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan but also exist in northern and western parts of the country as a minority group. In Pakistan they are concentrated in the west and north-west, inhabiting mainly
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bombed a village on the Afghan side of the Durand Line. As a result of this violation, the Afghan government declared that it recognized "neither the imaginary Durand nor any similar line" and that all previous Durand Line agreements were
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and declared himself the first president of Afghanistan. After seizing the power, the Daoud Khan's government started proxy war against Pakistan. Daoud Khan's government established several training camps for anti-Pakistani militants in
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for trying to incite the Pashtuns to rebel against the rule of the Mughals. However, despite sharing a common language and believing in a common ancestry, the Pashtuns first achieved unity in the 18th century. The eastern parts of
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The concept of Pashtunistan has varying meanings across Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, Pashtun nationalists look after the interests of the Pashtun ethnic group and have support only from them. They favor the ideas of
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living in Afghanistan. Non-Pashtuns believed that the aim of reunification of Pashtuns areas was to increase the population of Pashtuns in Afghanistan. As a result, Daoud Khan was extremely unpopular with Non-Pashtun Afghans.
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in order to manipulate events in the region and press the Pashtunistan issue; these plans ultimately came to nothing after the Afghan troops were defeated by Pakistani irregular forces. In support of the quasi-invasion, the
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with India, and even backed Pakistan against a largely Hindu India. Further, had Pakistan been destabilized by India, nationalists would have had to fight against a much bigger country than Pakistan for their independence.
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Though this was common before the war on terror but after several military operations conducted in FATA, this cross border movement is checked via military and has become much less common in comparison to the past.
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of the Hazara District in the Frontier. The growing participation of Pashtuns in the Pakistani Government resulted in the erosion of the support for the Pashtunistan movement in the Province by the end of the
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Instead it adopted the programme of an independent "Pathanistan" — a programme calculated to strike at the very roots of the new Dominion. More recently the Pathanistan idea has been taken up by Afghanistan.
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area and the adjacent regions of Afghanistan, tend to ignore the border and cross back and forth with relative ease to attend weddings, family functions and take part in the joint tribal councils known as
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area and the adjacent regions of Afghanistan, tend to ignore the border and cross back and forth with relative ease to attend weddings, family functions and take part in the joint tribal councils known as
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with about 16% of the population, totaling over 30 million. This figure only includes the native Pashto speaking inhabitants of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern Balochistan, and does not include the
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Pakistani government decided to retaliate against the Afghan government's Pashtunistan policy by supporting Non-Pashtun opponents of the Afghan government including future Mujaheddin leaders like
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The Afghan Government is actively sympathetic towards their demand for a Pathanistan. It has been declared by the Afghan Parliament that Afghanistan does not recognise the Durand line...
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Three Pakistani presidents belonged to the Pashtun ethnic group. Pashtuns continue to occupy important places in the military and politics, with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan
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stated that "Daoud Khan only exploited the idea of reunification of Pashtun people to meet his own political ends". In 1960 and later in 1961, Daoud Khan made two attempts to capture
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from a political point of view, the Pashtuns living in the NWFP desired independence from India. However, the Bacha Khan wanted the Pashtuns areas in British India to remain part of
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proposed an alliance with neutral Afghanistan in order to destabilize British control over the north-west of its domain in India. In return, the Afghans sought that NWFP and the
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Saro-Rajia-i-Hind (Obaidullah's letter to Iqbal Shaidai on 22 June 1924), Muhammad Aslam, Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi Kay Siasi Maktubat, Lahore: Niduatal Musanifeen, 1966, p. 34
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and a commitment towards provincial autonomy for Pashtuns, which was already guaranteed by Pakistan's Constitution, but stripped by the Bhutto government when the
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in other Pakistani cities and provinces. In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, Pashto speakers constitute above 73 percent of the population as of 1998.
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non-Pashtuns in the country. These claims are contested in Pakistan, where Pashtun politics centers on political autonomy rather than irredentist politics.
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amenities and the construction of railway, road infrastructure as well as educational institutes to bring the region at par with the developed world.
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also talked about the idea of Pashtunistan and caused trouble for Pakistan. He also said that "Pashtun people greatly suffered because of all this."
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recognised Durand Line as international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He made this declaration while he was on an official visit to
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Pashto, which is mainly spoken south of the mountain range of the Hindu Kush, is reportedly the mother tongue of 60% of the Afghan population.
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Pashto, which is mainly spoken south of the mountain range of the Hindu Kush, is reportedly the mother tongue of 60% of the Afghan population.
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weakening secessionist sentiments to the point that by the mid-1960s, popular support for an independent Pashtunistan had all but disappeared.
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in 1992, Afghan governments had favored Pashto in the media and over 50% of Afghan media was in Pashto. After 1992 with the formation of the
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in Pakistan; it predominantly comprises the southwestern, eastern and some northern and western districts of Afghanistan, as well as most of
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Afghanistan makes its claim on the Pashtun areas on the ground that it served as the Pashtun seat of power since 1709 with the rise of the
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After the death of Nader Shah in 1747 and the disintegration of his massive empire, Ahmad Shah Durrani created his own large and powerful
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for the local Pashtun inhabitants of the area. At first, Afghanistan became the only government to oppose the entry of Pakistan into the
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for more than 30 years. Threat perceptions about Afghanistan need re-evaluation so that suitable changes are made in our Afghan policy.
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is the national dress of Afghanistan. Since the late 19th century, the traditional Pashtunistan region has gradually expanded to the
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and Kandahar with the aim of training and arming those militants to carry out their activities against Pakistan. On the other hand,
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in Afghanistan, the Pashtun domains began to shrink as they lost control over other parts of South Asia to the British, such as the
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in the region. During this time, the eastern parts of Pashtunistan were ruled by the Mughals while the western parts were ruled by
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and other parts of what is now southern Afghanistan independent. By 1738 the Mughal Empire had been crushingly defeated and their
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Cultural Histories of Pashtun Nationalism, Public Participation, and Social Inequality in Monarchic Afghanistan, 1905-1960
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when took an oath of allegiance to Pakistan in 1948 in legislation assembly and during his speech he was asked by PM
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arrived in the 13th century and began destroying cities in the north while the Pashtun territory was defended by the
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Agreements cited by the Afghan government as proof of their claim over the Pashtun tribes include Article 11 of the
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would be ceded to the Kingdom of Afghanistan with German military aid, so that it could gain valuable access to the
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On 31 March 2010, Pakistan's Constitutional Reform Committee agreed that the province be named and recognized as
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A Century of Crisis and Conflict in the International System: Theory and Evidence: Intellectual Odyssey III
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and economic downturn caused by the blockade imposed by Pakistan, Daoud Khan was forced to resign by King
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in 1747. In the 19th century, however, the Afghan Empire lost large parts of its eastern territory to the
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of the Kohistan (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistan, but
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and his followers continued their guerilla war against the Pakistani government from their base in
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Afghanistan and Pashtun nationalists did not exploit Pakistan's vulnerability during the nation's
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The Wars of Afghanistan:Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflict, and the Failures of Great Powers
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and leaving about half of historical Pashtun territory under British colonial rule; after the
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the sole language of the Afghan government and the lingua franca, they did so by undermining
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and the bureaucracy. Ayub himself was a non-Pashto speaking ethnic Pashtun belonging to the
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army in the early part of the 19th century, but a few years later they were defeated by the
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Important government positions in Afghanistan have historically been held by Pashtuns. The
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were in favour of the delegation and wanted the Amir to declare Jihad. Kazim Bey carried a
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Even within the largest ethnic group, the Pashtuns (about 50 percent of the population)...
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Even within the largest ethnic group, the Pashtuns (about 50 percent of the population)...
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Ahmed, Feroz (1998) Ethnicity and politics in Pakistan. Karachi. Oxford University Press.
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Ahmed, Feroz (1998) Ethnicity and politics in Pakistan. Karachi. Oxford University Press.
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Various spellings result from different pronunciation in various Pashto dialects. See
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have exploited the idea for their own political ends". It was only towards the end of
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kistan". However, this name has failed to capture political support in the province.
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as their easternmost provinces. During the early 18th century, Pashtun tribes led by
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who would go on to "reopen the Pashtunistan wound". In 1979 under General Secretary
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serving as the second power house. The Ghaznavid Empire was then taken over by the
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and various, largely Sunni, Hanafi-jurisprudential driven Turkic dynasties from
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was only in Pashto and not Dari with non-Pashtuns being required to sing it in
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Hauner, Milan L. (1982). "Afghanistan between the Great Powers, 1938 - 1945".
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describes the association the people have with the regional city of Kandahar:
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Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia
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There was support, however, to rename North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) as
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who has served in senior intelligence postings in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA
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in 1947, although it was reversed a few months later. On July 26, 1949, when
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as well as many other ethnic groups. Parts of the Pashtunistan region around
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Prominent 20th century proponents of the Pashtunistan cause have included
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movement to free the region from British control. In 1969, the autonomous
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The legendary guerilla Faqir of Ipi unremembered on his 115th anniversary
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to become part of Afghanistan. However, his policy of reunification of
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proposed merging with Afghanistan or creating Pashtunistan as a future
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to the native Pashtun people. The Pashtunistan area later fell to the
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was also traditionally dominated by Pashtuns however the fall of the
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about Pashtunistan to which he replied that it's just a name to the
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by forces of a new Iranian ruler; the military genius and commander
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from the Khalifa in Persian. It was addressed to "the residents of
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were merged into the Pakistani NWFP. In 2018, the Pashtun-majority
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regime that he stopped talking about Pashtunistan. Later on, even
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Paṧtō (1) is the native tongue of 50 to 55 percent of Afghans...
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in the north. However, most Pashtun living in north of the
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engaged in an intense propaganda war via radio broadcasts.
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in the city of Kandahar. In a chain of events, he declared
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military officers in 1978 leading to the formation of the
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are ethnic Pashtuns, with past Pashtun leaders such as
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as ethno-linguistic names, Another name mentioned is
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Index

Historical region
Map of Pakistan's major ethnic groups in 1980
ethnic groups in Pakistan
Pashtun
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Pashtuns
Baloch
Gujjar
Pashayis
Tajik
Nuristanis
Hazaras
Indus Kohistani
Pashto
Dari
Gujari
Urdu
Punjabi
Hindko
Inku
Balochi
Brahui
Ormuri
Parachi
Torwali
Pashayi languages
Nuristani languages
Time zone
UTC+04:30

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