Few days ago Dr. Nezar told me that those Pakistani workers and taxi drivers are called Pashtuns! I didn’t hear this term before, so I had to research it:
Pashtuns are an ethno-linguistic group. They’re considered Eastern Iranian people, who speaks Pashto language and are living in:
1. Afghanistan: they’re the largest Afghani ethnic group, as they compromise about 42% of the population (12.5 million). They live in Eastern and Southern Afghanistan.
2. Pakistan: the second-largest ethnic group. They comprise over 15.42% of the population (25.6 million). And live in North-West Frontier Province[1], Federally Administered Tribal Areas[2] and Balochistan province.
Pashtuns are warrior race; they consist of about sixty tribes. Legends claim that they are the descendants of Afghan, grandson of King Saul. Pashtuns played a critical role in the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989), as many joined the Mujahideen. And they gained international attention with the rise and fall of the Taliban, since they were the main ethnic group in Taliban. The majority of Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, but there’s also a large Shia population.
[1] The smallest Pakistanis Province
[2] areas of Pakistan outside the four provinces
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