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A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan.
Pathan
Pashtun
Pashtoon
Pathan
Pashtun
Pashtoon
1
But a
Pathan
is always touchy about matters of honour and horseflesh.
2
He had to ride up close before he recognized the Orakzai
Pathan
.
3
Yea, he was true
Pathan
then, and I loved him the more.
4
He was all
Pathan
then, Sahib, and handling his enemy right subtly.
5
The Sikh drinks what he will; the
Pathan
is an abstainer.
1
The area is awash with weapons and inhabited by ethnic
Pashtun
tribes.
2
It traditionally involves ethnic
Pashtun
tribal elders -Afghanistan's largest ethnic group.
3
Bajaur is one of the
Pashtun
tribal regions near the Afghan border.
4
Local
Pashtun
tribesmen retaliate with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers, attacking the army.
5
But as a
Pashtun
,
I know that justice will eventually be served.
1
It was an accident, Mr Khalid
Pashtoon
,
a spokesman for the provincial government said.
1
The Taliban had collapsed by the end of 2001, remnants melting back into the
Pushtun
populace in southern Afghanistan and the Pakistani tribal areas.