| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 100,000 [1] (estimates) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mostly in Afghan Turkestan with a smaller presence in other regions | |
| Languages | |
| Afghan Tatar language (very small minority) Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, Turkmen | |
| Religion | |
| Majority Sunni Islam, minority Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Turkic peoples (especially other Tatars) |
Afghan Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group in Afghanistan. A very small community speaks the Afghan Tatar language, while the vast majority speaks either Dari, Pashto, Uzbek, or Turkmen.[2]
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- ^ مزارشریف, حیات شیبان بی بی سی. "افغانستان تاتارلری نیگه هزاره گی تیلده گپلشماقده لر؟ - BBC O'zbek". www.bbc.com (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2023-12-13.