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Afghan Americans celebrate August 19 as Afghan Independence Day, [42] which relates to August 1919, the date when Afghanistan became fully independent after the signing of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty. Small festivals are held in cities that have Afghan communities, usually at the parks where black, red and green colored Afghan flags are spotted ...
Even as churches connect immigrant communities, a new Pew Research study shows a decline in organized religion among Asian Americans.
They have long been considered by the Board of Immigration Appeals and the United States Census Bureau as White Americans, [9] but a significant number may also identify themselves as Middle Eastern Americans or Asian Americans. [10] [11] The Afghan community in the United States was minimal until large numbers were admitted as refugees ...
The less common Afghanistani (افغانستانی) is an alternative identity marker for citizens of Afghanistan. The term "Afghanistani" refers to someone who is a citizen of Afghanistan, [72] regardless of race, ethnicity or religion. [73] [74] In multiethnic Afghanistan, the term "Afghan" has always been associated with the Pashtun people ...
Even as churches connect immigrant communities, a new Pew Research study shows a decline in organized religion among Asian Americans. More Asian Americans do not identify with a religion Skip to ...
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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.
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.