The Tajiks are the principal ethnic group of Afghanistan’s northeast. Tajiks comprise about 25 to 30 percent of the population and are defined as Sunni Moslems who speak Dari, a derivative of Farsi.

While its membership is drawn from Afghanistan's major ethnic groups (Pashtun, Hazara, Tajik, and Uzbek, and one religious minority, Shia), and it is led by the southern Pashtun leader Hamid ...

Finally, addressing the needs of Afghan refugees and ensuring their dignified repatriation is paramount. Building trust is ...

Divergence and differences over domestic issues, the share of ethnic groups, reforms ... to their downfall and weakness in Afghanistan. Therefore, non-Pashtun Taliban may rise up against the ...

The Afghan defence ministry ... The border runs through tribal areas mostly populated by Pashtuns, the largest ethnic group living on both sides. Pakistan has promised to finish building a ...

Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...

Ethnic tensions in Afghanistan have been exacerbated by nearly a decade of conflict between armed factions rooted in different ethnic, religious, and tribal groups. Human Rights Watch has reported ...

An ethnic Pashtun lobby in Pakistan's military and ... decentralized government in Afghanistan that respected the rights of all groups of Afghanistan's population and recognized the legitimate ...

These ethnic groups have long been marginalised ... which has supported non-Pashtun groups in Afghanistan as a counterbalance to Pakistan's influence. If India perceives Pakistan's engagement ...

DUSHANBE, June 28. /TASS/. Russia proceeds from the assumption that all ethnic groups in Afghanistan must have a say in running the nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with ...