Editing Pashtuns (section)

=== Sports ===
{{Further|Sport in Pakistan|Sport in Afghanistan}}
[[File:Shahid Afridi 2010-cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Shahid Afridi]], former captain of the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]]]
Both the [[Pakistan national cricket team]] and the [[Afghanistan national cricket team]] have Pashtun players.<ref name="EWC">{{Cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of World Cricket|first=Roy|last=Morgan|location=Cheltenham|publisher=SportsBooks|year=2007|page=15|isbn=978-1-89980-751-2}}</ref> One of the most popular sports among Pashtuns is [[cricket]], which was introduced to South Asia during the early 18th century with the arrival of the British. Many Pashtuns have become prominent international [[cricket]]ers, including [[Imran Khan]], [[Shahid Afridi]], [[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]], [[Misbah-ul-Haq]], [[Younis Khan]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Younis Khan Profile|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/43652.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> [[Umar Gul]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Umar Gul Profile|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/504/umar-gul#!#profile|website=CricBuzz}}</ref> [[Junaid Khan (cricketer)|Junaid Khan]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Fakhar Zaman, Junaid Khan reveal their Pathan aggression|url=https://www.brecorder.com/2017/12/02/384328/fakhar-zaman-junaid-khan-reveal-their-pathan-aggression/|website=Business Recorder|date=2 December 2017}}</ref> [[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman aims to win World Cup and break into Test team|url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12343/11479807/pakistans-fakhar-zaman-aims-to-win-world-cup-and-break-into-test-team|publisher=Sky Sports}}</ref> [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer)|Mohammad Rizwan]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohammad Rizwan profile|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/323389.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> [[Usman Shinwari]], [[Naseem Shah (cricketer)|Naseem Shah]], [[Shaheen Afridi]], [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]], [[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer, born 2001)|Mohammad Wasim]] and [[Yasir Shah]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Yasir Shah ready to be the difference for Pakistan over England as world's best wrist-spinner prepares for his first Test outside Asia|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/07/11/yasir-shah-ready-to-be-the-difference-for-pakistan-over-england/|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2016/07/11/yasir-shah-ready-to-be-the-difference-for-pakistan-over-england/|archive-date=11 January 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|website=The Telegraph|date=11 July 2016|last1=Berry|first1=Scyld}}{{cbignore}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Australian cricketer [[Fawad Ahmed]] is of Pakistani Pashtun origin who has played for the Australian national team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/578939/hottie-of-the-week-fawad-ahmed/|title=Hottie of the week: Fawad Ahmed|work=The Express Tribune|date=23 July 2013|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref>

[[Makha]] is a traditional archery sport in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, played with a long arrow (''gheshai'') having a saucer shaped metallic plate at its distal end, and a long bow.<ref>{{cite web|title='Mukha' lovers throng Topi contest|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/729598/mukha-lovers-throng-topi-contest|website=Dawn|date=26 June 2012}}</ref> In Afghanistan, some Pashtuns still participate in the ancient sport of [[buzkashi]] in which horse riders attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal circle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sports and Games of Pashtoons|url=http://www.khyber.org/culture/a/Sports_and_Games_of_Pashtoons.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419174423/http://www.khyber.org/culture/a/Sports_and_Games_of_Pashtoons.shtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 April 2017|website=Khyber.org}}</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/dom-joly/dom-joly-know-your-kokpar-from-your-kyz-kuu-1917860.html "Dom Joly: Know your Kokpar from your Kyz-Kuu"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828033105/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/dom-joly/dom-joly-know-your-kokpar-from-your-kyz-kuu-1917860.html |date=28 August 2017}}, The Independent: Columnists</ref><ref>Dean, Ruth and Melissa Thomson, ''Making the Good Earth Better: The Heritage of Kurtz Bros., Inc.'' pp. 17–18</ref>