Describes person from central Asia found initially in Ghana, confused (6)

I believe the answer is:

afghan

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'describes person from central asia' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'found initially in ghana confused' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
The initial letter of 'found' is 'f'.
'ghana' with letters rearranged gives 'aghan'.
'f' placed into 'aghan' is 'AFGHAN'.

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(Other definitions for afghan that I've seen before include "tongue" , "Person from Jalalabad" , "Tall breed of hound with a long silky coat" , "language" , "Tall, graceful hound with silky coat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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