| Fed two meals a day in the communal cell, most are Afghan Pashtuns, but some are Pakistani and at least one is a Saudi Arabian. |
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| Pakistan must pin its hopes on the Pashtuns, though their loyalties are uncertain. |
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| The talks have continued anyway, but the remaining Pashtun delegates are exiles and don't represent Pashtuns within Afghanistan. |
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| The movement has also grown in popularity because its members are Pashtuns, the same ethnic background as 35 per cent of the Afghan people. |
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| Some Afghans, particularly ethnic Pashtuns from the country's south, are unambiguously nostalgic. |
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| This does not sit well with the country's Pashtuns, who make up 40 percent of the Afghan population. |
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| The officer corps before 1963 was not all-inclusive, however, and was dominated by Pashtuns and Tajiks. |
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| Afghanistan's interim cabinet is made up of 11 Pashtuns, eight Tajiks, five Hazaras, three Uzbeks and three people from other ethnic groups. |
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| Most of the leaflets were threatening for which reason many Afghans, especially Pashtuns and Baluchis, found them insulting. |
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| Now, the Lashkar's ranks have just a few Pashtuns and even fewer Kashmiris. |
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| Afghans no longer call themselves just Afghan, or even Pashtuns and Tajiks, but Kandaharis, Panjshiris, Heratis, or Kabulis. |
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| The increasing alienation felt by Pashtuns makes them receptive to the Taliban's chauvinistic message. |
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| In southwest Afghanistan, home to the Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group, the decision is made by the tribe. |
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| The raid provoked an angry response from local tribesmen who have close links with ethnic Pashtuns in the south and east of Afghanistan. |
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| The southern provinces are where the make-or-break struggle for Afghanistan's Pashtuns is taking place. |
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| We have Hazaras, we have Pashtuns, we have Tajiks, we have Uzbeks, we have Pashai, Nooristani, and people coming from the very remote areas of Afghanistan. |
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| Although Afghanistan is often described as a simple ethnic division, with Tajiks and Uzbeks in the north and Pashtuns in the south and east, this is an oversimplification. |
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| There are reports that in newly formed units the Tajiks outnumber other ethnicities, including the Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. |
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| It would be unacceptable to Pakistan, the Pashtuns and many other Afghans. |
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| The Balochi nationalists have been critical of the induction of a large number of Punjabis and Pashtuns into the province to work in this project. |
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| The two most important groups are the ethnic Tajiks and the Pashtuns. |
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| The majority of Afghans, among all ethnic groups including Pashtuns, stated that the overthrowing of the Taliban was a good thing. |
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| In the 16th to early 18th centuries, Central Asia was under the rule of Uzbeks, and the far eastern portions were ruled by the local Pashtuns. |
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| This difference reflects the political position of Pashtuns in the two countries. |
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| Khogyani, who was identified as a Pashtun, supported the presidential candidate Ghani in the telephone conversation and commanded the officer to honour Pashtuns. |
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| The lineage of the Afghan Pashtuns stretches back to the Hotaki dynasty. |
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| Areas to the north and east were held by Uzbeks and Pashtuns. |
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| Having enjoyed virtual self-rule since then, they will fiercely resist falling back under the sway of the Pashtuns, who have ruled the country for most of its history. |
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| Local Baluch population shares ethnic rivalry with Punjabis and Pashtuns. |
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| Sherzai said that he would serve the party as an ordinary worker and his joining the party would help lessen the ethnic divide between Urdu speakers and Pashtuns. |
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| If the taliban continue attacks on NAtO forces during a ceasefire called to help other Afghans, Pashtuns and Muslims, they will lose support as a result. |
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