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 ...

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 . . .

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The UN report said while IS was unable to mount large-scale attacks in India, its “handlers tried to incite lone actor attacks through India-based supporters” NEW DELHI: The threat posed by ...