Pashtun Diaspora, including: Rohilla, Pathans Of Punjab, Sorgar, Pathans Of Rajasthan, Pathans Of Gujarat, Pathan Of Bihar, Pathans Of Uttar Pradesh, Putliwale

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More info: Pashtuns (Pashto: پښتون or پختون , also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns), also called Pathans (Urdu: پٹھان, ) have many communities around the world. Though their homeland is in the Pakhtunkhwa region of South-Central Asia-a region stretching from south of the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to western Pakistan-they are also found in India, the Middle East, Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and in other parts of the globe. According to Ethnologue, their total number is estimated to be nearly 50 million of the total Afghan population and about 2.3 million continue to live as refugees in Pakistan and Iran. The term Pashtun is historically synonymous with Afghan, a term now used to describe a citizen of Afghanistan. Kandahar is the second major city in Afghanistan and a stronghold of the Pashtun culture. Jalalabad in the east and Kunduz in north are also Pashtun dominated cities of Afghanistan, while cities such as Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Ghazni, are 10-25% Pashtuns.