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Meanings of Pushtun in inglés

A member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan.

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        Examples for "Pathan"
        Examples for "Pathan"
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        But a Pathan is always touchy about matters of honour and horseflesh.
        The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
        2
        He had to ride up close before he recognized the Orakzai Pathan.
        King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
        3
        Yea, he was true Pathan then, and I loved him the more.
        Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
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        He was all Pathan then, Sahib, and handling his enemy right subtly.
        Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
        5
        The Sikh drinks what he will; the Pathan is an abstainer.
        The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
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        The area is awash with weapons and inhabited by ethnic Pashtun tribes.
        Reuters
        2
        It traditionally involves ethnic Pashtun tribal elders -Afghanistan's largest ethnic group.
        Reuters
        3
        Bajaur is one of the Pashtun tribal regions near the Afghan border.
        Reuters
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        Local Pashtun tribesmen retaliate with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers, attacking the army.
        Reuters
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        But as a Pashtun, I know that justice will eventually be served.
        The apostle
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        It was an accident, Mr Khalid Pashtoon, a spokesman for the provincial government said.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of Pushtun in inglés
        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.
        A journey: my political life