The central idea of ethnicity, like religion, is one of the main characteristics on the basis of which individuals and groups are distinguished. Afghanistan's geography has had a profound ...

Pashto and Dari Persian. Dari Persian is the most common language, with 78% of people in Afghanistan able to speak the language. Pashto is second, with 35% of Afghans speaking the language. A country ...

But the Taliban has also sought to erase religious and ethnic minority groups. Often, these aims converge. As a Hazara and the former executive director of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights ...

Pashtuns comprise a plurality in Afghanistan and are the predominant ethnic group in much of the country’s south and east. They are also a major ethnic group in Pakistan’s north and west.

The attack struck Kabul's western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, which is heavily populated by members of the Hazara Shitte Muslim ethnicity. Afghanistan's Hazaras have been targeted for years by ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kabul, Dec 24 (IANS) The Afghan caretaker government's Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs (MoBTA) has resolved nearly 200 ethnic conflicts and feuds over the past year in the ...

In a multi-ethnic state like Afghanistan, a democratic system is less likely to marginalize or mistreat ethnic communities. Less marginalization is likely to lead to greater stability as well as ...

Kansas City-area members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority — some new arrivals since the U.S. evacuation in 2021 — are creating a community and celebrating traditions here while trying ...

This is a sliver of a common attitude within Pakistan towards ethnic Afghans. Never mind that the Taliban of today arose from the Afghan Mujahideen ("crusaders") recruited initially in the 80s in ...