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thanks thank. I would have you know there are some Pashtuns/pathaans in India.
Is pathaan different from pashtun?
There is no difference. However the correct term is Pashtun. Pashtuns do not consider themselves to be Pathaan. That is a word used by Sub-Continent peoples (i.e. Indians) to refer the Pashtuns.
There are many Pashtuns and Pashtun descendents in India. That is true. They may refer to themselves as Pathaans but that is not the correct terminology.
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A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
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