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- noun A citizen of the country
Afghanistan . The word 'Afghanistani' refers to someone who possesses the nationality ofAfghanistan , no matter of what race or background. This word has been used recently by those citizens ofAfghanistan who are notPashtun because the wordAfghan mainly reflectsPashtun citizens. - adjective Of or relating to or characteristic of
Afghanistan or its people.
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Examples
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I am, though, in full agreement with President Obama to put a surge on, and force the Afghanistani government to put up or shut up, by giving them a goal to work toward.
NATO to commit at least 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan 2009
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(USA) not get it that although militant and evil against their own people the Talibani are also Afghanistani (with a few exceptions) and will never go away no matter how many more troops Pres Obama is willing deploy.
Rep. Kline to Obama: 'start from scratch' on health care 2009
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It seems that Tareq Salahi is either an Arab, Afghanistani or Pakistani.
House committee votes to subpoena White House party crashers 2009
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While waiting to finalise their Australian residental status, two Afghanistani men start chatting.
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I thought burquas were mainly an attire worn by Afghanistani women.
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When the Republican lawmakers under the marching orders of the horrific Bush-Cheney Republican administration gutted public and higher education funds for their Iraqi and Afghanistani war efforts, America lost an entire generation of America's brightest future thru its citizens entering higher education and by college educations.
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George W. Bush has the blood of 3,432 of America's children and of countless Iraqi and Afghanistani children on his hands.
Bush To Reporters: Terrorists "Are A Threat To Your Children" 2009
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Or, at least fanatics have instilled enough fear that "mainstream" Iraqi and Afghanistani politicians are tripping over themselves to please and appease.
Wayne Besen: Iraqi and Afghan Gays and Women Losing Freedom 2009
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It appears that for all of our sacrifice -- and that of the secular Iraqi and Afghanistani people -- the crazies are back in control.
Wayne Besen: Iraqi and Afghan Gays and Women Losing Freedom 2009
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With these tools, CIA officers will attempt to recruit Pakistani and Afghanistani locals -- even locals who hate the West -- in order to learn the whereabouts of Al Qaeda camps and destroy them.
Keith Thomson: Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Happy Campers? 2009
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