Let me have also my experiences expressed.
The Pashtuns are on the crossroad of South, Central and West Asia. Pashtuns don't look like South Asians, in the sense of how most people imagine South Asians to look like(Punjabi/Sindi/Karachi Pakistani and Indian).
Pashtuns have their own unique look. They often look like West Asians but with some Punjabi like features/admixture. The only South Asians who can look similar to Pashtuns are usually Kashmiris, Kalash and Burusho but that also not because Pashtuns look like them but because allot of Kashmiris look like Pashtuns.
Balochistan is techniqally in Southwest Asia so I don't mention them. Most of the time you can tell apart Pashtuns from Punjabis and the kind easilly.
They look like West with some South Asian vibe on them.
I have come across quite some Pashtuns One of them looked like some sort of Amerindian admixed Iberian. Two looked like a Persian with Punjabi and a bit of Turkic admixture. Another one like a Kurd with some Punjabi admixture(basically Balochi like) and the last one looked totally Kurdish.
I have also seen an Afghan who looked like a cross between Persian and Indian, turned out he was a real afghanized Punjabi. Didn't knew that something like that exists, before.
The average Pashtun from my experience look like this.
Originally Posted by Truthbetold
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