Irfan Pathan
Pathan was born 27 October 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India and is of Pashtun (Pathan) ancestry, belonging to the Pathan community in Gujarat. He grew up with his elder brother Yusuf in a mosque in Vadodara, in an impoverished family. His father served as the muezzin. Although their parents wished them to become Islamic scholars, Pathan and his brother took an interest in cricket. Their games on the grounds off and inside the mosque often necessitated apologies from their father to Muslim worshippers who visited it. In the beginning his deliveries did not reach the other end of the cricket pitch, but rigorous six-hour training sessions in blazing heat and his family's sense of discipline saw him progress steadily.
Mohammed Asif Safi
General Asif Khan was born in Laghman province of Afghanistan. His father, Mohammed Ayub Khan (also known as Malik Saylob), was a local Malik of Alikhil district. At age four, Asif Khan attended Afghanistan's National Army school (Pashto: Arbi Shwanzai). In 1944, he graduated from Afghanistan's National Army University (Pashto: Arbi Pohantoon) with highest honor. In 1945, he went to India for higher education, and attended an Army Institute in the city of Ambala. In 1955, he went to Turkey where he obtained a Master Degree with highest honor. In 1959, he went to Turkey for second time to obtain a Doctorate Degree(PhD) (Pashto:أركانارب Arkaan e Arb). He attended the Turkish War College of Command (Turkish: Harp Akademileri Komutanlığı), which is the one of the world's leading universities and same Army Institute attended by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and many other world known Turkish and International army officers.