Are Pashtuns really from Israel?

[Ray.Montana]

I am a Pashtun myself and I dont know my roots, I tried to go back and find out but seems like Pashtuns dont have that long of a history in Afghanistan and Pakistan, anyone can tell me somethings?

[twinblade]

I am a Pashtun myself and I dont know my roots, I tried to go back and find out but seems like Pashtuns dont have that long of a history in Afghanistan and Pakistan, anyone can tell me somethings?

Straight answer, no. You are a mix of ancient Persians, Greek, Arabs, Turks, Mongols and Indians. Basically you guys lived on the superhighway of the old world and there were plenty of truckers that made a pit stop, if you know what I mean

[James]

Straight answer, no. You are a mix of ancient Persians, Greek, Arabs, Turks, Mongols and Indians. Basically you guys lived on the superhighway of the old world and there were plenty of truckers that made a pit stop, if you know what I mean

That's actually pretty accurate.

[Impartial Bias]

I'm interested as where you got specifically Israel from?

[Sniffit]

I'm interested as where you got specifically Israel from?

In some traditions the afghans (pashtuns) are the direct descendants of Afghana who was the grandson of King Saul and Prince of One of the lost tribes.

[Impartial Bias]

In some traditions the afghans (pashtuns) are the direct descendants of Afghana who was the grandson of King Saul and Prince of One of the lost tribes.

Well, I guess that's plausible. Like other poster's have stated, Afghans are the descendent's of everyone from the Siberian Tundra to the Iberian Peninsula...

[Sniffit]

Well, I guess that's plausible. Like other poster's have stated, Afghans are the descendent's of everyone from the Siberian Tundra to the Iberian Peninsula...

Which is contradictory to what I wrote.
Though I imagine that if you showed up in SWAT valley and told some of the tribal leaders that they were either of jewish decent or a mix of races they'd chop your head off.

[Surenas]

Pashtuns are part of the Iranian people and speak an Iranian language.

They are from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronovo_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranians

[Impartial Bias]

Which is contradictory to what I wrote.
Though I imagine that if you showed up in SWAT valley and told some of the tribal leaders that they were either of jewish decent or a mix of races they'd chop your head off.

Please explain, I don't completely follow. Afghana I take to mean the prototypical people of Afghanistan, correct?

[Sniffit]

Pashtuns are part of the Iranian people and speak an Iranian language.

They are from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronovo_culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian

Sure as always and wrong like most of the time. The pashtuns are from south of the hindukush while the andronovo culture doesn't extend that far.

[Sniffit]

Please explain, I don't completely follow. Afghana I take to mean the prototypical people of Afghanistan, correct?

No, Afghana was a person, not the people. The people in this tradition are one of the lost tribes of israel.

[Surenas]

Sure as always and wrong like most of the time. The pashtuns are from south of the hindukush while the andronovo culture doesn't extend that far.

Pashtuns and other Iranian peoples are not from the Hindukush. If you could point out to a mountain range, they were much more closer to the Pamir Mountains, which is in a way related to the Bactria-Margiana Archeological Complex:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria..._Indo-Iranians

[Impartial Bias]

No, Afghana was a person, not the people. The people in this tradition are one of the lost tribes of israel.

So, from a non-religious perspective, it is a Mythological story with no basis in concrete fact, correct?
I hope this doesn't come across as disrespectful, I'm just trying to get an idea on what your talking about. Am I correct in assuming it is a tale somewhat like Noah's escape from Egypt?

[Sniffit]

Pashtuns and other Iranian peoples are not from the Hindukush. If you could point out to a mountain range, they were much more closer to the Pamir Mountains, which is in a way related to the Bactria-Margiana Archeological Complex:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria..._Indo-Iranians

I didn't say that they were from the hindukush and traditionally speaking tadjiks come from the pamir area.

[Sniffit]

So, from a non-religious perspective, it is a Mythological story with no basis in concrete fact, correct?
I hope this doesn't come across as disrespectful, I'm just trying to get an idea on what your talking about. Am I correct in assuming it is a tale somewhat like Noah's escape from Egypt?

Yes and no, the Israeli kingdom was split in two when the Assyrians invaded and ten of the tribes were lost. Supporters of this theory generally base their theories on the comparasion of ancient Israeli customs and those of pashtuns, aswell as the names of ancient pashtuni tribes.

IIRC there is actually a DNA research being conducted on pashtuni tribes at the moment.