Turkic people in Afghanistan
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Turks in Afghanistan
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| Afghan Turkestan | |
| Languages | |
| Uzbek, Turkmen, Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
The Turkic people in Afghanistan are
Mazar e Sharif and Kandahar. Currently they speak mainly Persian as their language, however in some regions, as in Kandahar, they also speak Pashto.[citation needed] They speak the same language as their ethnic equivalents in Central Asia. In addition to that the Afghan Tatars are scattered across much of northern Afghanistan and live in isolated rural areas. Kyrgyz people settle the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and are also really isolated there. The number of them was 1,130 in 2003, all from eastern Wakhan District[2] in the Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan.[3] They still lead a nomadic lifestyle and are led by a khan or tekin.[citation needed
]
See also
References
- ISBN 9781136603174.
- ^ Estrin, James (February 4, 2013). "A Hard Life on the 'Roof of the World'". The New York Times. [verification needed]
- ^ "Wak.p65" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-02-28. [verification needed]
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