Pashtunistan
Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, Pax̌tūnistān or Pukhtunistan,[1][2][3] meaning the "land of Pashtuns"[4]) means the region where the indigenous Pashtun people of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan lived.[5][6]
Pashtunistan Media
Flag of Pashtunistan and the Flag of the Kingdom of Afghanistan
Pashtun children, indigenous to the Pashtunistan region
The area during 500 B.C. was recorded as Arachosia and inhabited by a people called the Pactyans.
Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747 by a 20th-century Afghan artist, Abdul Ghafoor Breshna.
King Amanullah Khan, son of Habibullah Khan and grandson of Abdur Rahman Khan.
Bacha Khan (left) with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi
Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969, belonged to the Pashtun Tareen tribe of Haripur and fought against Pashtun rebellions for the British Crown
Afghanistan's territorial claims against Pakistan
A village in Kunar Province of Afghanistan
References
- ↑ Students' Britannica India 1-5 (2000)Encyclopædia Britannica. ISBN 9780852297605. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ The Modern Review, Volume 86 (1949)Prabasi Press Private. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ The Spectator, Volume 184 (1950)F.C. Westley. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ Various spellings result from different pronunciation in various Pashto dialects. See Pashto language: Dialects for further information.
- ↑ Nath, Samir. Dictionary of Vedanta (2002)Sarup & Sons. p. 273. ISBN 81-7890-056-4. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
- ↑ Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor. E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 2 (1987)BRILL. p. 150. ISBN 90-04-08265-4. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
