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Adjective
/ˈafˌgan/,
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Afghans, plural;
  1. Of or relating to Afghanistan, its people, or their language

Noun
  1. A native or national of Afghanistan, or a person of Afghan descent

  2. A woolen blanket or shawl, typically one knitted or crocheted in strips or squares

  1. a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
  2. Afghani: of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
  3. a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
  4. Pashto: an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
  5. sheepskin coat: a coat made of sheepskin
  6. Afghan hound: tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
  7. (afghanistan) a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"
  8. The Afghans or Ghans were camel drivers who worked in outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s. While called Afghans, not all of them were from Afghanistan. The Afghans played a great role in establishing the Muslim faith in Australia.
  9. An Afghan is a blanket, wrap, or shawl of colored yarn. It is knitted or crocheted, often in geometric shapes. It can also be referred to as a "throw". Afghans were first made in Afghanistan and commonly featured geometric designs with many holes in the pattern. ...
  10. The ethnonym Afghan (افغان afġān) has been used in reference to the Pashtun people during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. by Muhammad Qāsim Hindū Šāh Astarābādī Firištah, The Packard Humanities Institute Persian Texts in Translation. ...
  11. The Afghan is a 2006 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, and concerns a planned Al Qaeda terrorist attack to take place against an unspecified target. As with other Forsyth novels, the full details of the plot are not revealed until the end. ...
  12. (Afghanistan (OEF)) The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the US military's Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) that was launched, along with the British military, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US. ...
  13. (Afghanistan) Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma (Myanmar) · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus · East Timor (Timor-Leste) · Egypt · Georgia · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · North Korea · South Korea · ...
  14. (AFGHANISTAN) Conditions and History of
  15. (Afghanistan) "intrinsically rural, mostly confined to the Pashtun belt across the country’s south and east, and inextricably linked to Pakistan.
  16. (Afghanistan) Central Asian nation that defeated Soviet Union in 1980s war. Taliban came to power in 1996.
  17. (Afghanistan) N AfganioBW,uz, AfganujoBW
  18. (Afghanistan) United Nations Photo on Flickr
  19. Afghanistan is situated in South Asia. The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul. Afghanistan produces handmade rugs for both its local market and exportation; however, because of the political problems over the past twenty years, there is no current information about their exportation status. ...
  20. (afghans) (1) An ethnic group: the Pushtun tribes inhabiting the area roughly lying between the Hindu Kush in the North and the Indus in the South; Pathans. Comes to mean Pathans residing in Afghanistan. Divided into two main groups, the Abdalis (qv) and the Ghilzais (qv). ...
  21. a New Zealand biscuit made from a creamed mixture with the addition of cornflakes, and flavoured with cocoa. ...