The geographic region known as Pashtunistan inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people is also known as which country?
Pashtunistan: Pashtūnistān (Pashto: پښتونستان‎ ; also transliterated Pakhtūnistān; lit. Pashtunistan:  "homeland of the Pashtuns") is the geographic region inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of modern-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, wherein Pashtun culture, language, and national identity have been based. Pashtunistan:  Alternative names historically used for the region included ""Afghānistān"" and ""Pashtūnkhwā"", since at least the 3rd century CE onward. Name of Afghanistan: The name "Afghānistān" (Persian: افغانستان‎ ‎ , "Afġānestān" ] , Pashto: افغانستان, "Afġānistān" ] ) means ""land of the Afghans"", which originates from the ethnonym ""Afghan"".
Afghanistan