Afghan (ethnonym)
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Afghan is an ethnonym historically used to refer to Pashtuns. Since the second half of the twentieth century, the term has evolved into a demonym for all residents of Afghanistan, including those outs
Bactrian document in the Greek script from the 4th century mentioning the word Afghan (αβγανανο): "From Ormuzd Bunukan to Bredag Watanan, the chief of the Afghans."
Shuja Shah Durrani and Men in his decorated palace Wellcome V0050531
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w
Afghan (ethnonym)
…ethnonym historically used to refer to Pashtuns. Since the second half of the twentieth century, the term has evolved into a demonym for all residents of Afghanistan, including those outside the Pashtun ethnicity. The earliest mention of the name Afghan (Abgân) is by Shapur I of the Sassanid Empire in the 3rd century…
Tents of Afghan nomads in the northern Badghis Province. Early peasant farming villages came into existence about 7,000 years ago.
A "Bactrian gold" Scythian belt depicting Dionysus, from Tillya Tepe in the ancient region of Bactria
Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani, c. 1757
Afghan tribesmen in 1841, painted by British officer James Rattray