An Afghan American refers to an American with heritage or origins in Afghanistan.
Afghan Americans have a long history of immigrating to the United States, as they may have arrived as early as the 1920s. Due to the political borders at that time period, some of these immigrants may have been Pashtuns from British India (present-day Pakistan) or Afghanistan. During the 1930s and 1940s, well-educated Afghans entered America. Between 1953 and early ...
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