Pathan

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a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan

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There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed. It was followed fourteen hundred years ago by the Prophet all the time he was in Mecca. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Briju Maharaj's Baaz Bahadur displayed both Pathan strength and artistic ecstasy – in fact this last Muslim king of Malwa was a considerable poet and ended his days as a musician in the court of Emperor Akbar. Birju Maharaj

The Pathan people of Waziristan are proud people who I greatly admire. Greg Mortenson

Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan Source: Internet

In a viral video, Pathan was seen pointing his pistol at the policeman on Jaffrabad-Maujpur road on February 24. After opening fire in the air, he kept the pistol at his residence and fled from the city in a car. Source: Internet

But the bench initiated a fresh suo motu contempt case against Vijay Kurle, Rashid Khan Pathan and Nilesh Ojha for making “scandalous and scurrilous” allegations against judges of the apex court. Source: Internet

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