| 1. | Few policemen or intelligence agents speak Urdu, Pushtun or Arabic.
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| 2. | "He is Pushtun but he doesn't speak Pashto.
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| 3. | Pushtun lives on both sides of the border in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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| 4. | The report was carried by Iran radio's external Pushtun service.
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| 5. | The Taliban are mostly Pushtuns and follow a strict Sunni version of Islam.
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| 6. | Most protesters were Pushtun _ the ethnic group which dominates the Taliban militia.
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| 7. | The Taliban have been described as both anti-nationalist and Pushtun nationalist.
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| 8. | The Taliban are dominated by ethnic Pushtuns, the country's traditional rulers.
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| 9. | The tribal areas are part of Pakistan but administered by the various Pushtun tribes.
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| 10. | Pushtun support is deemed critical to the legitimacy of any post-Taliban government.
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