Are Pashtuns Israelis?

The traditions surrounding the Pashtuns being remote descendants of the “Lost Tribes of Israel” is to be distinguished from the historical presence of the Jewish community in eastern Afghanistan which flourished from about the 7th century to the early 20th century, but has essentially disappeared due to its emigration …

Who did the Pashtuns descended from?

One Pashtun tradition asserts that they are descended from Afghana, grandson of King Saul of Israel.

Which country has the most Pathans?

The Pashtun people, who are classified as an Iranian ethnolinguistic group, are believed to have settled in the traditional Pashtunistan region during the early 1st millennium CE….Pashtun diaspora.

Total population
Iran	113,000 (1993)
United Kingdom	100,000 (2009)
Germany	37,800 (2012)
Canada	10,590 (2016)

Are the Pashtuns the tribes of Israel?

The Pashtuns are the Tribes of Israel The Pashtuns, who live in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, have a very special tradition, which says they are Bene Israel, and is widely spread among some of the Pashtun tribes.

How did the Pashtuns become Bene Israel?

According to this explanation for the origin of this tradition, at some generation A, someone (or a group of people) came along and convinced the Pashtuns that they are really Bene Israel, although they never heard of it before.

Do Pashtuns have a true origin?

The Pashtuns at generation A had to have no tradition of their true origin, or they let go of their previously held tradition because the arguments they are Bene Israel were so strong. I think that it is safe to say that we have no rational reason for believing that any of those conditions is true, because:

Are there any archaeological and historical records of the Pashtun genocide?

If that happened, it would have been remembered, both by the Pashtuns themselves and by their neighbours, and there would have been some archaeological and historical records of this genocide. As far as I know, there isn’t any such evidence.