The Pashtuns are a predominantly Muslim people, native to Afghanistan and Pakistan, who adhere to a pre-Islamic indigenous religious code of honor and culture, Pashtunwali. The myth about Pashtuns being from the lost tribes of Israel has never been substantiated through concrete historical evidence. Genetics studies also refute the myth.[49][50] Many members of the Taliban, hail from the Pashtun tribes and do not necessarily refute their 'Israelite' descent.[51][52]