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Pashtuns (Pashto: پښتانه Pax̌tānə, also spelled as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns or Pukhtuns), also known as ethnic Afghans (Pashto: افغان) or Pathans (Urdu: پٹھان, Hindi: पठान Paṭhān), are an ethnic group with populations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are also significant numbers in India, the Middle East, the Europian Union, North America, Australia, and other parts of the world.
The ethnic group was known historically as "Afghan", believed to be the indigenous people of the vast Pashtunistan (Pakhtunistan) tribal region, between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan. According to Ethnologue, they currently number around 50 million but some sources give slightly lower or higher figures.
Since the 3rd century AD and onward, the Pashtuns have been referred to by the ethnonym Afghan, a term now used to describe a citizen of Afghanistan. Pashtuns make up the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, comprising 42-60% of the total Afghan population. Approximately 1.7 million Afghan refugees continue to live in neighboring Pakistan, majority of which are Pashtuns and born inside that country. An unknown number of them are also found among the 1 million Afghans in Iran.
Shahrukh Khan (pronounced [‘ʃaːɦrəx ˈxaːn]; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan and informally referred to as SRK, is an Indian film actor. Known as "The King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards from thirty nominations for his work in Indian films and shares the record for the highest number of Best Actor awards with Dilip Kumar, eight wins. In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in economics, he started his career appearing in theatre and several television serials in the late 1980s and later made his Hindi film debut in 1992 with Deewana. Early in his career he was recognised for his unconventional choice of negative roles in films such as Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993) and Anjaam (1994). Since then he has played leading roles in a wide variety of film genres, including romantic films, comedies, thrillers, action films, sport films, and historical dramas among others.
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