List of Pashto-language poets

This is a list of Pashto language poets.

Folkloric

Khushal Khattak (1613–1689) born in Nowshaar Province, Peshawar, Afghanistan, he was a poet, warrior, and chief.
Nazo Tokhi (1651–1717) born at Kandahar, she was a poet and mother of Mirwais Hotak.
Rahman Baba (1653–1711) born at Lakkimarwat, poet.
Abdul Hamid Baba (?–c.1732) born near Peshawer, he was a poet.
Hussain Hotak (?–1738) born at Kandahar, poet, king.
Afzal Khan Khattak (?–c.1770) poet, grandson of Khushal Khattak.
Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) born at Kandahar he was a poet, king, founder of Afghanistan.
Hafiz Alpuri (?–c. 1810), sufi poet from Shangla District.
Rahat Zakheli (1884-1963) born at Nowshera, Pakistan. He is the first Pashto novelist and first short story writer, who was also a poet.