>>510313165>>510314139Theyโre not. Persians and Pashtuns belong to different branches of Iranics, with Pashtuns descending from the Scythians (Sakas) mixed with the Bactrio-Margiana Archaeological Complex-descended population and Indus Valley-descended population and Persians descending from the Western Iranians mixed with the Elamites. Persians they derive most of their ancestry from the Elamites with actual Iranic (Sintashta-derived) DNA being around 20%. The guy in the pic speaks Dari so he is probably a Tajik which is a whole different story, but basically Dari is a dialect of Persian, however Tajiks ARE NOT Persians.