Pashtunistan
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Pashtunistan (Pashto:پښتونستان, Pax̌tūnstān), officially the Islamic Republic of Pashtunistan (د پښتونستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Da Pax̌tūnstān Islāmī Jomhoriyat), is a self-declared state in South Asia. It borders Pakistan to the east, Balochistan to the south, Iran to the west, Hazaristan to the north and Tajikistan to the northeast. Pashtunistan is landlocked and mountainous; its landscape is composed of dry mountains and basins, rivers flowing in narrow canyons, and some desert areas.