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Description: Homeland towards improvement, Hafiz Amiri reports / وطن به سوی آبادی در گزارش حفیظ امیری, Arzan Qimat to Shina Road opening, Hafiz Amiri reports / افتتاح سرک ارزان قیمت الی شینه, Cleaning of Sarai Shamali in Hafiz Amiri report / پاکسازی سرای شمالی در گزارش حفیظ امیری

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Afghan ( Pashto also Persian : افغان; see etymology ) refers to something from Afghanistan , particularly a citizen of that country. Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian speakers and those influenced by the Persian language to denote the Pashtun people . In modern times, "Afghan" is rarely used as an ethnic term for the Pashtuns but is rather used as the national demonym for all citizens of Afghanistan — Pashtuns , Tajiks , and also a large number of Hazaras , Uzbeks , Aimaqs , Turkmens , Baloch

The " Afghans " or " Ghans " were camel caravaners who worked in Outback Australia from the 1860s to the 1930s. They included Pathan, Punjabi, Baluchi and Sindhi men from the region between the southern Hindu Kush in Afghanistan and the Indus River in what is now Pakistan , as well as others from Kashmir, Rajasthan, Egypt, Persia and Turkey. Besides providing vital support to exploration and settlement of the arid interior of the country, these cameleers played a major role in establishing Islam in Australi

The first Afghan cameleers arrived in Melbourne in June 1860, when three men arrived with a shipment of 24 camels for the Burke and Wills expedition . Afghans without camels are reported to have reached Australia as early as 1838. Before the building of railways and the widespread adoption of motor vehicles, camels were the primary means of bulk transport in the Outback, where the climate was too harsh for horses and other beasts of burden. After their use was superseded by modern transport, some cameleers

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