Interesting (but Incomplete) History of Indigenous Peoples of Afghanistan

Word Origin and History of Afghan: "1) Also, Afghani; a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. 2) Pashto. "Name of the people of Afghanistan, technically only correctly applied to the Durani Afghans; Old Afghan chronicles trace the name to an Afghana, son of Jeremiah, son of Israelite King Saul, from whom they claimed descent, but this is a legend. The name is first attested in Arabic in al-'Utbi's 'History of Sultan Mahmud' written circa 1030 CE [BC] and was in use in India from 13th century...