Pashtun Americans

Pashtun Americans (Pashto: د امريکا پښتانه) are Americans who are of Pashtun origin, an Eastern Iranian ethnic group originating from a region of Afghanistan and Pakistan[2] historically called Pashtunistan.

Fremont, California has the largest Afghan community in the United States.

[6] 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.

[11][12] The Khyber Society, founded in 1986 in New York, also arranges cultural events.