Tajiks in Afghanistan - Minority Rights Group
Tajik farms in and around Kabul were shelled, and they were forced to evacuate or to mobilize to defend themselves. The mobilization led to the formation of several resistance groups, the most prominent of which was that of Ahmed Shah Massoud of Panjshir, who was assassinated shortly before 11 September 2001.
Tajiks - Wikipedia
Tajiks (Persian: تاجيک، تاجک, romanized: Tājīk, Tājek; Tajik: Тоҷик, romanized: Tojik) are a Persian-speaking [16] Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in Tajikistan, and the second-largest in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. More ...
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan - Wikipedia
Tajiks are mainly descended from Bactrians and Sogdians, and are native to Northern Afghanistan, as they have continually inhabited the region for many millennia. [25] Tajiks are considered the second-largest group in Afghanistan. [26]
The Tajik People - WorldAtlas
Apr 25, 2017 · Tajik diaspora occurs in Afghanistan (9,450,000), Tajikistan (6,787,000), Uzbekistan (1,420,000), Pakistan (220,000), China (34,000), Russia (201,000), United States (52,000), Kyrgyzstan (47,500), Canada 15,870), and Ukraine (4,255). The name Tajik became popular as a result of the Russian governance in Central Asia.
Tajik | Central Asian, Persian, Pamiri, & Iranian Language | Britannica
Sep 18, 2024 · The Tajiks are a Persian-speaking people of Central Asia located primarily in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and China’s Xinjiang province. The Tajiks are traditionally sedentary agriculturalists. Most Tajiks are Sunni Muslim.
The Ethnic Makeup Of Afghanistan: Unraveling The Tajik-Pashtun …
The Tajik people are native to Central Asia and are the second-largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, comprising around 27% of the population. They are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group and are the largest ethnic group in neighbouring Tajikistan.
Afghan, Tajik in Afghanistan Profile - Joshua Project
Afghanistan boasts the largest Tajik population outside their homeland to the north in Tajikistan. Comprising over one-quarter of the Afghan population, they are the second largest group in the country.
How ethnic and religious divides in Afghanistan are contributing …
Oct 25, 2021 · The Tajiks, who constitute some 30% of the Afghan population and are mostly concentrated in the northeast and west, have generally been accepted by Pashtuns as part of the fabric of life in...
A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East | Center for Middle ...
In this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.
3.14.5. Tajiks | European Union Agency for Asylum
It has been reported that the Taliban perceived ethnic Tajiks, especially those originating from Panjshir, as potential supporters of the NRF. Killing of civilians has taken place Panjshir and in adjacent Tajik-dominated areas in Baghlan and Takhar.