Here is a brief overview of the major ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The Pashtuns are Afghanistan’s biggest ethnic group, making up more than 42 per cent of the population. The group -which is ...

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 ...

The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs views Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity groups as a symbol of national unity and stresses the importance of preserving . . .

TASS/. The Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) may lose stability in Afghanistan, if it bars various ethnic groups from running the country and permits a drastic worsening of the socio-economic ...

Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) believes in ethnic and religious diversity and considers it a symbol ...

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 ...

Northern Afghanistan, in contrast to the largely Pashtun south, is a complex ethnic mosaic. Groups with a long history of settlement in the region-Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, Turkmen, and Persian ...

The presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan is transforming into a wider regional security threat with every passing day. Keen observers concerned about the surging wave of terrorism in the South ...

NEW DELHI: The threat posed by more than two dozen terror groups active in Afghanistan remains a “driver of instability” in the region, with the Afghan Taliban ...

Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.