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Revision as of 22:53, 8 November 2006 by Hamza4 (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In a political sense, the term Afghān refers to all the peoples of Afghanistan. From a more limited, ethnological point of view, Afghān is the term by which ethnic Pashtuns are designated by Persian-speakers. Additionally, the language of the Pashtuns is known as Pashto or Afghān language.Though there has never been any official census made in Afghanistan, an estimated 60 to 65% of the total population speak pashto or in other words Afghani language. The following link provide a very good insight about some of the unofficial census that has been made over the years in Afghanistan:http://www.hewad.com/ethnic.htm
The term Afghan may also refer to:
- The Afghan hound
- An Afghan blanket
- An Afghan carpet
- An Afghan coat
- Afghan Solidarity
- Afghan Students International (ASI)
For etymology of Afghan/Afghanistan, see List of country name etymologies.
Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Afghans.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: