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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.
The Lohani (Rohani, Nohani) Marwat, as well as some other minor Lodi tribes and the Bettani proper, speak the Marwat Lodi Bettani dialect, which is a southern Pashto variety, however, its phonetics are different from the southern Kandahari Pashto. The Sheerani tribe of the Bettani confederacy speaks another southern dialect.
Tribes of Afghanistan (2 C, 39 P) W. Wakhi people (2 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Afghanistan" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
Pages in category "Tribes of Afghanistan" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Pashtun tribes" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. ... Afghan (tribal chief) Ahmadzai; B. Babai (Pashtun tribe) Babuzai ...
Tribal and religious leaders of Afghans (Ethnic Pashtuns) in southern Afghanistan. Pashtuns, [1] also known as Pakhtuns or Afghans, are an ethnic group that inhabit the Pashtunistan region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. [2] [3] They are one of the most populous ethnic groups in both countries.
The Hazaras are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant and large minorities of them in Pakistan and Iran , notably in Quetta , Pakistan and Mashhad , Iran.
The following is a list of notable Afghan people, which includes all the ethnic groups of the modern state of Afghanistan.Afghanistan has gone through territorial changes. This list generally excludes Ethnic Pashtuns who originate from regions that were not controlled by Afghanistan at the time, though there are exceptions for certain figures who are prominent to Pashtun