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In a political sense, the term '''Af<u>gh</u>ān''' refers to the citizens of [[Afghanistan]]. While ethnologically the [[Pashtun people]] are referred to as Pashtuns<ref>Ahady, Anwar-ul-Haq (July 1995) "The Decline of the Pashtuns in Afghanistan" ''Asian Survey'' 35(7): pp. 621-634</ref><ref>Tapper, Richard and Tapper, Nancy (February 1986) "''Eat This, It'll Do You a Power of Good'': Food and Commensality among Durrani Pashtuns" ''American Ethnologist'' 13(1): pp. 62-79 </ref>, Pushtuns<ref>Ahmed, Akbar S. (1983) ''Religion and Politics in Muslim Society: Order and Conflict in Pakistan'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, ISBN 0-521-24635-0 </ref>, Pakhtuns<ref>Rittenberg, Stephen Alan (1968) ''Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Pakhtuns: The Independence Movement in India's North-West Frontier Province'' Carolina Academic Press, Durham, N.C., ISBN 0-89089-277-6 </ref> or Pathans<ref>Caroe, Olaf Kirkpatrick (1958) ''The Pathans, 550 B. C.-A. D. 1957'' St. Martin's Press, New York, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/585345 OCLC 585345]</ref><ref>Spain, James W. (1972) ''The Way of the Pathans'' Oxford University Press, Karachi, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/2736264 OCLC 2736264]</ref>
, nonetheless, [[Persian language|Persian-speakers]] use the term ''Af<u>gh</u>ān'' to designate the Pashtun people.<ref name=Iranica>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Kieffer |first=Ch. M. |editor= [[Ehsan Yarshater]]|encyclopedia= [[ Encyclopædia Iranica]]|title= AFGÚAÚN|url= http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/v1f5/v1f5a037.html|accessmonthday=December 27 |accessyear2007 =|edition= Online Edition|publisher= [[Columbia University]]|location= United States}}</ref> Additionally, [[Pashto language|Pashto]], the language of the Pashtuns, is also known as ''Af<u>gh</u>ān language''.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}

Also see:
* the [[Origins of the name Afghan]].

The term '''Afghan''' may also refer to:

* The [[Afghan hound]]
* An [[Afghan blanket]]
* An [[Afghan carpet]]

For etymology of Afghan/[[Afghanistan]], see [[Origins of the name Afghan]].

== See also ==
* [[Afghani]]

== References ==
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