Pathan chicken pilaff

The North-West Frontier, or the “Grim” as it was called by generations of British soldiers, stretched along the borders of Afghanistan and included Little Pamir, Chitral, Kohistan, Bajaur, Khyber, Tirah, Waziristan and Baluchistan. Though it once belonged to Afghanistan, the tribal territory was inhabited mainly by Pathans, one of the fiercest warrior tribes on earth ...

Robert Wilkinson-Latham, North-West Frontier 1837-1947

The Afghan is a Pathan mer