Afghan or Afgan may refer to:

Related to Afghanistan

* Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanistan and Afghans, a country in Central Asia (of any ethnicity) **

Afghan (ethnonym) The ethnonym Afghan (Pashto: ) has been used historically to refer to the Pashtuns. Since the second half of the twentieth century, the term " Afghan" evolved into a demonym for all residents of Afghanistan, including those outside of the P ...

, the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pashtun ethnicity ** Ethnic groups in Afghanistan, people of various ethnicities that are nationally Afghan * Afghan (biscuit) * Afghan (blanket) * Afghan coat * Afghan cuisine * Afghan Hound, a dog breed originating in parts of Afghanistan and the surrounding regions * Afghan rug *

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

- shortened colloquial name in the Russosphere for the country during the Soviet-Afghan war

People

Given name

* Afghan Muhammad (died 1648), Afghan khan in modern-day Russia

Surname

* Sediq Afghan (born 1958), Afghan philosopher * Asghar Afghan (born 1987), former Afghan cricketer * Azad Khan Afghan (died 1781), Afghan commander and ruler

Stage name

* Afgan (singer) (born 1989), Indonesian musician

Other uses

* '' The Afghan'', a 2006 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth * Afghan (Australia), camel drivers from Afghanistan and Pakistan who came to the Australian outback * Afghan, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran