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The Eastern Pashtun of Afghanistan

The Eastern Pashtun of Afghanistan, numbering approximately 2,745,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as an Eastern Iranian ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan and can also be known as Pathan, Eastern Pakhtun, Northern Pashtun, Pashto, Eastern Pakhtun, Pushtun, Nangarhari Pashtun, Pashtun.
They are an Indigenous people, with Pashtun as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Pashtun people cluster of the Persian-Median.
Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni.
They primarily speak Pashto, Northern.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Eastern Pashtun are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Eastern Pashtun are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Eastern Pashtun are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

For my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples.
readLuke 2:30

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Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
readPsalm 105:3

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For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

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