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In a political sense, the term Afghān refers to all the peoples of Afghanistan. From a more limited, ethnological point of view, Afghān is the term by which ethnic Pashtuns are designated by Persian-speakers. Additionally, the language of the Pashtuns is known as Pashto or Afghān language. Though there has never been an official sensus made in Afghanistan, after pashtoons 65% of the population, Tajiks make the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with an estimated 15% of the total population. The following link provides a very good insight about some of the unofficial sensus that has been made over the years in Afghanistan: http://www.hewad.com/ethnic.htm Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... It has been suggested that People of Afghanistan be merged into this article or section. ... The Pashtuns (also Pushtun, Pakhtun, Pukhtun; Pashto: پښتون Paá¹£tun; Persian: پختون Paxtun; Urdu: پشتون PashtÅ«n), or Pathan (Urdu: پٹھان; Hindi: पठान Paá¹­hān) or ethnic Afghans[19] are an ethno-linguistic group living primarily in eastern and southern Afghanistan and in the North West Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Balochistan... Persian, also called Farsi or Parsi, is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Pashto (//; پښتو; also known as Afghan, Pathan, Pakhto, Pushto, Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pushtoo, Pashto پشتو and Pukhto پختو ) is the language spoken by the Pashtun people who inhabit western Pakistan, and Afghanistan. ...

The term Afghan may also refer to:

• The Afghan hound
• An Afghan blanket
• An Afghan carpet
• An Afghan coat
• Afghan Solidarity
• Afghan Students International (ASI)

For etymology of Afghan/Afghanistan, see List of country name etymologies. The Afghan Hound is a very old sighthound dog breed. ... An Afghan is a blanket, wrap, or shawl of colored wool, knitted or crocheted in geometric shapes. ... The traditional Bokhara print of Afghanistan Afghan carpets are beautiful pieces with intricate detailing mainly using designs from Turkoman tribes such as the Ersari, Saryk, Salor, and Tekke. ... Afghan Solidarity is a privately owned non-profit group dedicated to spreading awareness about Afghanistan. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of meanings of countries names. ...

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