The ethnonym Afghan (Pashto/Persian: ) has been used historically to refer to a member of the Pashtuns,History Of The Mohamedan Power In India by Muhammad Qāsim Hindū Šāh Astarābādī Firištah, The Packard Humanities Institute Persian Texts in Translation. in many historical refrences in books, poems and empires, from the Mughal empire to the British in the 19th century. Pashtun and Afghan have always been synonyms although Afghan was the first term used. Owther ethnicity in todays Afghanistan such 3bnas Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbecks, Turkmen, Baloch, Aimaq, Nuristanis have not been reffered to as "Afghans" neither are they refrenced as Afghan in any pre modern sources wharas various Pashtun tribes have been from the Yusufzais, Wazirs, Afridi, Shinwari and many more.%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% It also to be noted that Pawshto has been reffered to as "Afghani"WwWW The word Pashtun arrised later on when the constitution of Afghanistanchanged and therefore declared all citizens and natives of Afghanistan as "Afghan" therefore shitfting the ethonyn to Non Pashtuns .
The ethnonym Afghan (Pashto/Persian: ) has been used historically to refer to a member of the Pashtuns,History Of The Mohamedan Power In India by Muhammad Qāsim Hindū Šāh Astarābādī Firištah, The Packard Humanities Institute Persian Texts in Translation. %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% however for the past 2 centuries the term is also used to refer to any native or inhabitant of Afghanistan, including those outside of the Pashtun ethnic group .
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in many historical refrences in books, poems and empires, from the Mughal empire to the British in the 19th century. Pashtun and Afghan have always been synonyms although Afghan was the first term used.
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Owther ethnicity in todays Afghanistan such 3bnas Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbecks, Turkmen, Baloch, Aimaq, Nuristanis have not been reffered to as "Afghans" neither are they refrenced as Afghan in any pre modern sources wharas various Pashtun tribes have been from the Yusufzais, Wazirs, Afridi, Shinwari and many more.
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It also to be noted that Pawshto has been reffered to as "Afghani"WwWW
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The word Pashtun arrised later on when the constitution of Afghanistanchanged and therefore declared all citizens and natives of Afghanistan as "Afghan" therefore shitfting the ethonyn to Non Pashtuns
however for the past 2 centuries the term is also used to refer to any native or inhabitant of Afghanistan, including those outside of the Pashtun ethnic group