 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mumwe wevaPashtun vekutanga kurwira nyika yavo aiva mutungamiriri wezana remakore rechi16 Bayazid Pir Roshan anobva kuWaziristan. Mumwe muPashtun wekutanga kurwira nyika aiva mudetembi murwi wezana ramakore rechi17 Khushal Khan Khattak, uyo akaiswa mujeri namambo weMughal Aurangzeb nokuda kwokuedza kunyandura vaPashtun kuti vapandukire kutonga kwevaMughal. Zvisinei, pasinei zvapo nokugoverana mutauro wakafanana uye kutenda mudzinza rakafanana, vaPashtun vakatanga kuwana chinzwano muzana ramakore rechi 18 pashure pokuva pasi pokutonga kwokumwe kwamazana amakore akawanda. Zvikamu zvekumabvazuva kwePashtunistan zvaitongwa neHumambo hweMughal, nepo zvikamu zvekumadokero zvaitongwa nePersian Safavids sematunhu avo ekumabvazuva. Mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi18, madzinza evaPashtun aitungamirirwa naMirwais Hotak akabudirira kupandukira vaSafavid muguta reKandahar. Muchikamu chezviitiko, akazivisa Loy Kandahar nedzimwe nzvimbo dzomuchamhembe kweAfghanistan kuva dzakazvimirira. Pakazosvika 1738 Umambo hweMughal hwakanga hwarohwa zvinorwadza uye guta ravo guru rakanga rapambwanemasimba omutongi mutsva weIran; shasha yechiuto nomukuru mukuru Nader Shah Afshar. Kunze kwemauto ePersia, Turkmen, uye eCaucasian, Nader akanga achiperekedzwawo naAhmad Shah Durrani muduku nemauto ePashtun akarovedzwa zvakanaka 4.000. 