Pashtuns According to scholars Pashtun people are of unknown origin Some may be linked to Iranian peoples Durranis but others such as the Ghilzais are linked to Turkic peoples and many others are of Arab descent Those in and around the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and Federally Administered Tribal Areas who are often called Pathans are mostly connected to Indian Rajput or even ancient Greeks Looks to me like some editors are trying to add Afghanistan Pakistan and western India as an Iranian peoples region but this is extremism It is well known that south of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan has been part of Greater India for the last 2 000 years