 The number of Pashtuns in the UK is estimated at 100,000 (the largest community of Pashtuns in the Western World) and the majority of Afghan Muslims in the UK are of Pashtun origin, although Pashtuns also originate in parts of Pakistan.Other sources have put the Afghan population in London alone at 45,000 and 56,000. whilst the Afghan Association of London estimates that the population of Afghans in the whole UK stands at 70,000.The International Organization for Migration conducted a mapping exercise in 2006, suggesting that the Afghan population of the UK was 20,000.