<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaPashtun veAfghanistan vakawana kuzvitonga kuzere kubva mukupindira kwezvematongerwo enyika kweBritain panguva yekutonga kwaAmanullah Khan, zvichitevera Hondo yechitatu yeAnglo-Afghan. Pakazosvika ma1950, kudaidzwa kwevanhu kuti vaite Pashtunistan kwakatanga kunzwika muAfghanistan uye nyika itsva yePakistan. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kuukama hwakaipa pakati pamarudzi maviri. Umambo hweAfghan hwakaguma apo Mutungamiri Daoud Khan akatora kutonga kweAfghanistan kubva kumuzukuru wake Zahir Shah muna 1973, izvo zvakazarura mikova yehondo yevamiriri nevavakidzani uye kusimuka kweMarxism. Muna April 1978,  <response>: Daoud Khan akaurayiwa pamwe chete nemhuri yake nehama. Vatungamiriri veMujahideen vakatanga kunyorwa muPakistan yakavakidzana nokuda kwehondo yechikwata chokurwisana neDemocratic Republic of Afghanistan - hurumende yeMarxist yakanga ichitongwawo nePashtun Khalqists. Muna 1979, Soviet Union yakapinda muAfghanistan, muvakidzani wayo wokumaodzanyemba, kuti ikunde kupandukira kwakanga kuri kuwedzera. VaMujahideen vakapihwa mari neUnited States, Saudi Arabia, China nevamwe, uye vaisanganisira vamwe vatungamiriri vePashtun vakaita saGulbuddin Hekmatyar naJalaluddin Haqqani. Munguvayi, mamirioni evaPashtun akatiza nyika yavo yokumusha kuti vanogara pakati pevamwe vanhu vokuAfghanistan muPakistan neIran, uye kubva ipapo makumi ezviuru akaenda kuNorth America, European Union, Middle East, Australia nedzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika. 