Ethnic Groups
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In Afghanistan there are many different types of people. Pashtuns make up 38% of the population. They speak Pashtu and are Muslim. Some speak Dari. |
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Other kinds of people are Tajiks (25%), Uzbek (6%), Hazara (19%), and some other smaller groups of people like Turkmen, Nuristanis, Aimaqs, Baloch, and Charar. |
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Afghanistan's culture has been around for more than 5,000 years. |
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Afghans live a peasant tribal society life. |
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Religion plays a very important part of life. |
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The two most popular languages in Afghanistan are Pashtu and Dari. |
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Images from the Harrison Forman Collection
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