Pashtuns in The Middle East
Hundreds of thousands of Pasthuns serving as migrant workers reside in the Middle East, particularly in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and other Arab countries. Many of them are involved in the transport business, while others are employees of construction companies.
Over 100,000 Pashtuns live in Iran as citizens of that country and a further sizable number live among the Afghan refugees. The Iranian Pashtuns are mainly concentrated in the Afghan-Iran border, in the South Khorasan Province of Iran.
About 300,000 Pashtuns migrated to the Gulf Countries from 1976 to 1981, representing 35% of Pakistani immigrants.
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