Pashtun women

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native district, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen".

Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (1952–2018)

Sharbat Gula, subject of a notable photograph titled "Afghan Girl"

Princess Consort (1919-1926), later Queen Consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1926-1929)

Afghan human rights activist

Queen consort of Afghanistan (1918-2002)

Afghan police officer

Pakistani activist

national folk hero of Afghanistan who rallied local Pashtun fighters against the British troops (1861–1880)

Afghan politician

Afghan woman

first female conductor in Afghanistan

Afghan brigadier general

Human rights activist

Afghan women's rights activist

Pakistani social worker

Afghan politician

Wife of Emperor Babur

Women's rights activist

Pakistani squash player

Pakistan Military Officer

Policewoman

Pakistani advocating for ending child marriage

Pakistani politician, feminist, and human rights activist

Queen consort of Afghanistan

Human rights activist