Pashto-language poets

founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)

Afghan poet

Pashtun Sufi Saint

Afghan Mujahideen commander (1919–2006)

Afghan poet and writer (1651–1717)

Pashtun poet

Afghan Taliban leader, commander and poet

Afghan politician (1930-2020)

Afghan poet

Pashtun Poet (1914–1996)

Pakistani writer and politician (1925–2010)

Afghanistan poet (1907–1994)

Afghan poet

Historian, writer, poet, Professor, researcher (1921–2004)

poet

Pakistani poet, writer, researcher and the first woman-Pashto novelist

Human rights activist

Ustad Awalmir () (May 8, 1931 – April 24, 1982) was an Afghan composer, musician, singer, and poet who wrote and sang in the Pashto language.

Pashtun writer (1931–2009)

Pakistani writer

Afghan poet (1971-2025)