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The largest and traditionally most politically powerful ethnic group, the Pashtun (o... y people (an estimated 10.1 million in 1995). The most numerous sub-groups being the Durrani and the Ghi... e south, and northward along the Iranian border almost to Herat. Enclaves of Pashtun also live scattered... epublic of Afghanistan (DRA) after 1978, although most were essentially detribalized because of their cl
