Pashtun Americans

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Pashtun Americans
Total population
(>16,000 (2010 US Census)[1])
Regions with significant populations
New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Virginia, Los Angeles
Languages
American English · Pashto
Urdu and Dari spoken as second/third languages
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Pashtun diaspora

Pashtun Americans (Pashto: د امريکا پښتانه‎) are Americans who are of ethnic Pashtun origin, hailing from South Asia.

Demographics

US states with significant Pashtun populations, based on the 2000 Census.

In the United States, the Pashtuns are a sub-community within the wider Pakistani American and Afghan American communities. Areas with large populations include New York, where there are over 12,000 Pashtuns,[2] as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, Virginia, Los Angeles, Georgia and Oregon.[3] According to the 2010 Census, 15,788 individuals identified Pashto as their first language spoken at home.[1]

Military

A small number of Pashtun Americans have served in the United States Armed Forces, in varying roles in the War in Afghanistan. Lieutenant Colonel Asad A. Khan, a Pakistani-American marine, was a member of one of the first conventional units to enter Afghanistan.[4] Khan would return to Afghanistan in command of the 1st Battalion 6th Marines in 2004; only to be later relieved of command.[5] Pfc. Usman Khattak, an ethnic Pashtun from northwest Pakistan, is a US Army Food Specialist with the 539th Transportation Division and is based at the US Army camp in Kuwait.[6]

Media

The Voice of America has a Pashto language service.[7]

Organizations

The Pakhtoon American Community Association (PACA) is a cultural association based in Maryland, which organizes an annual Pashto Conference, in addition to other events.[8][9] The Khyber Society, founded in 1986 in New York, also arranges cultural events.[2]

See also

References

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