The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PATHAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PATHAN
- Track an inhabitant of NW Pakistan?
- Way to introduce a knight, one who speaks Pashto
- Route taken by an Asian
- Asian article buried under footway
- Track followed by an Afghan tribesman
- Course of action followed by a new Asian
- Irishman with Chinese and Afghan nationalÂ
- He is on the way to central bank in Kabul, say
- One on the way to Kabul
- Article following trail of the Khyber Pass tribesman
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