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Ethnic groups in Afghanistan

Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997

Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.[1][2][3][4] Altogether they make up the Afghan people.

The former Afghan National Anthem and the Afghan Constitution (before 2021) each mention fourteen of them.[5]

  1. ^ Iwamura, Shinobu (April 1956). "Hunting for the Génghis Khanid Mongols in Afghanistan". Japan Quarterly. 3 (2): 213. ProQuest 1304280677.
  2. ^ "Mongolian".
  3. ^ "Mongolian".
  4. ^ "Mongolian languages summary | Britannica".
  5. ^ "Article Four of the Constitution of Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2017. The nation of Afghanistan is comprised of the following ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbak, Turkman, Baluch, Pashai, Nuristani, Aimaq, Qirghiz, Qizilbash, Gujur, Brahwui and others.

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