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.

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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 ...

Gunmen in volatile southwest Pakistan shot seven bus passengers dead after identifying them as being from another region, ...

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 ...

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a Taliban government ministry in ...

Afghanistan-based terrorist groups represent ... government that will represent the interests of all social and ethnic groups, implement its obligations to ensure basic human rights and freedoms ...

Arms flowed to every mobilized group. Millions sought refuge abroad with ethnic and religious brethren. Expanded trade in drugs and consumer goods smuggled from the Persian Gulf via Afghanistan to ...

China has urged international community to encourage and support solidarity and cooperation of all parties and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, to open a new chapter in Afghan history. During regular ...