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REAL POSHTOON.
In Afghanistan, Pashto is primarily spoken in the east, south and southwest, but also in some northern and northwestern parts as a result of recent relocation. No exact numbers are available, but the CIA World Factbook 2009 estimates that 57% of the population speak Pashto as their first language.[
In Pakistan, Pashto is spoken by about 27 million people (21% of the total population in the North-West Frontier Province, , and Balochistan. Modern "transplant" communities are also found in Sindh (Karachi and Hyderabad).
Other communities of Pashto-speakers are found in northeastern Iran, primarily in South Khorasan Province to the east of Qaen, near the Afghan border,and in Tajikistan.There are also Pashtun communities in Uttar Pradesh as well as the southwestern part of Jammu & Kashmir in India.

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