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This is what happens when I sleep. Interesting threads get started and I don't find out about it until they've wandered off in other directions.
About the Pashtun - I had heard of them, but as Pathans. I wasn't aware - or I forgot - that they were the same thing. I first learned about them when I read a book by M M Kay - The Far Pavilions. Historical fiction. Takes place in about the 1850s if I recall correctly during the Afghan wars. I haven't read it in a few years, and there were spots that bored me, so I flipped until the dialogue/action started up again, but overall, a painless and entertaining way to learn about Indians, Afghans, and some history of that area.
And now that I've been reminded of how much I don't know about the Pushtun, I'll have to go reading those articles mentioned above. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, BannaOJ.
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