Construction of the 281kilometer power line 118 kilometers on tajik territory and 163 kilometers in afghanistan began in 2009 and was financed primarily by. Interview with the tajikistan church intercp international. Tajikistan simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. There were about 5,000,000 in afghanistan, where they. The afghani tajik of afghanistan the tajiks are believed to be the original persian population of afghanistan and turkmenistan. Centered in eastern tajikistan, the pamirs part of the roof of the world are home to thousands of glaciers. Comprising over onequarter of the afghan population, they are the second largest group in the country. Pashtun, tajik, hazara, uzbek, aymaq, turkmen, baloch, pashai, nuristani, gujjar, arab, brahui, pamiri, kyrgyz and few others. The tajiks speak dari persian, a language that came from king darius mentioned in the book of daniel. For more than 3,000 years, kabul has occupied a strategic location along central and southern asian trade routes. Tajik grip on afghan army signals new ethnic war inter. Fighting along the afghanistantajikistan borderlands. List of books and articles about afghan history online.
Afghanistan population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. Tajik domination of the ana feeds pashtun resentment over the control of the countrys. In 1924 tajikistan became an autonomous soviet socialist republics of the soviet union, the tajik assr, within uzbekistan. Afghanistans tajik community, as represented by the jamiatiislam party and under the guidance of burhanuddin rabbani, gained control of the countrys government in 1992. Indeed, asadullah omarkhail, governor of afghanistans kunduz province argues that around three thousand taliban fighters are active in kunduz and are receiving russian and tajik support. Hostilities between tajiks on ethnic and political grounds had, as the department of state reported, driven over 100,000 refugees from tajikistan into afghanistan by the end of 1992. The war in afghanistan, code named operation enduring freedom 200114 and operation freedoms sentinel 2015present, followed the united states invasion of afghanistan of 7 october 2001, when the united states of america and its allies successfully drove the taliban from power in order to deny alqaeda a safe base of operations in afghanistan. Foreign peacekeepers and outside powers helped stabilize tajikistan by cutting deals with warlords, scaling back their aims and concentrating on order. Recent developments show that the tajikafghan border will be increasingly important for political and security reasons as u. Real disturbances did not occur within the republic until 1990. Tajik people simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A tajik and an uzbek and other nonpashtuns are separate and they should be known as separate. Survey of afghan people in 2016 the asia foundation. In afghanistan where the tajik people minority forms the. Ironically, the best analogy may lie right next door in tajikistan. The republic of tajikistan, which emerged after the breakup of the soviet union, contains the majority of the tajik population. Pashtun, tajik, hazara, uzbek, aymaq, turkmen, baloch, pashai, nuristani, gujjar, arab, brahui, pamiri, kyrgyzand a few others. Converts to christianity are often banished from their families. While claims about state assistance from russia and tajikistan to the taliban are suspect, the group undoubtedly receives support from individuals. As you would expect, there is a diverse range of ethnic groups within the country. Tajiks are a central asian people who live in afghanistan, some of the republics of the former soviet union, and china. The smart book contains information designed to enhance soldiers. Tajiks dominated the northern alliance, the opposition.
At least in the pashtun province of zabul, the percentage of pashtuns in. Tajiks form the second largest ethnic group in afghanistan. Well you see all tajiks are tajik but only some afghans are tajik. This book is an account of the prehistory of the region. What are the similarities and differences between the. Tajikistan is one of the new countries in southcentral asia. Pamir highway with day trip to afghanistan osh dushanbe. Many ethnic tajiks live outside of tajikistan espcially in afghanistan and uzbekistan. Ask god to restore political peace and stability to afghanistan.
The population of afghanistan is around 37,5,635 in 2019, which includes the roughly 3 million afghan citizens living as refugees in both pakistan and iran. Just to tell you in advance, no recent census has been conducted in afghanistan. Tajikistan was embroiled in civil war from 1992 to 1998. Pray for leadership development among afghantajik believers. Louis dupree in his seminal book afghanistan oxford university press, fourth printing, 2004, pp. Afghanistan boasts the largest tajik population outside their homeland to the north in tajikistan. Unfortunately, only about onetenth of the tajiks are able to read. Pray for leaders to be indentified and trained who will be able to gather fellow afghans into housechurches. Right on the highway of the pamir tract is situated the lightblue lake of karakul 3, 815 m, the name of which can be translated as the black lake.
The tajiks are mostly sunni muslims and speak persian. The islamic religion is very difficult to influence. Tajikistan and afghanistan institute for the study of war. There is also a sizable population of wakhi in hunza, pakistan and of sarikoli and wakhi 26,503 as of 1982 in the tashkurgan tajik autonomous country. The basmachi revolt broke out in the wake of the russian revolution of 1917 and was quelled in the early 1920s during the russian civil war. The population of the country is divided into the following ethnolinguistic groups.
Afghanistans central statistics organization cso stated in 2011 that the total number of afghans. The pamir language groups are located in afghanistan, where the shughni, roshani, iskashmi, and wakhi live. The nation is composed of a multiethnic and multilingual society, reflecting its location astride historic trade and invasion routes between central asia, southern asia, and western asia. Tojikistoni shuravi soviet tadzhikistan, a sovereign soviet republic. Most of the people in tajikistan belong to the persianspeaking tajik group 79. Russias national antiterrorism committee said may 20 that the countrys federal security service foiled a militant attack in moscow that was planned by. The majority of tajiks live in tajikistan, which is one of the central asian republics of the former soviet union. Tajik, also spelled tadzhik, sometimes called before the 20th century sart, the original persianspeaking population of afghanistan and turkistan. Only about 33% of afghanis are tajiks, and there is distrust between them and the majority pashtuns who make up about 60% of afghanistan. Tajik grip on afghan army signals new ethnic war antiwar. Policymakers should learn from experiences in iraq, one hears or vietnam, or malaya, and so on. The tajik people came under russian rule in the 1860s. In this falsecolor satellite image vegetation appears fluorescent green, urban areas range in. Four years ago, a devastating civil war in tajikistan led to the deaths of more than 20,000 with some estimates as high as 50,000 and created more than 800,000 displaced persons and.
As the obama administration and the rest of the international community grapple with the challenge of stabilizing afghanistan, analogies have proliferated as fast as insurgents. Afghanistan is bordered by iran on the west, by pakistan on the east and south, and by turkmenistan, uzbekistan, and tajikistan on the north. Library of congress federal research division country profile. Prayer points ask god to restore political peace and stability to afghanistan. In the 1980s, it had the lowest household saving rate in the ussr, the lowest percentage of households in the two top per capita income groups, and the lowest rate of university graduates per people. In the late eighteenth century, kabul was established as afghanistans capital. Dating from the 4th century, historical evidence strongly supports their being one of the most ancient of the surviving central asian people. Tajiks, although influential in afghan politics, have only ruled afghanistan for two brief periods, first in 1929 when habibullah kalakani ruled afghanistan for nine months and the second time in 1992 when burhanuddin rabbani became president under the peshawar accord, and who was subsequently ousted from kabul by the taliban in 1996. Tajiks are the largest ethnicity in tajikistan, and the second largest in afghanistan which constitutes over half of the global tajik population. By the late 1980s tajik nationalists were calling for increased rights. What percent of the ethnicity of afghanistan are tajiks. The tajiks constitute almost fourfifths of the population of tajikistan. Rabbani was overthrown in 1996 by the pashtundominated taliban, which led to a protracted civil war in the country. After many years of faithful witness to afghantajiks, some have come to faith.
The pamir mountains include some of the worlds tallest peaks, soaring to heights of 7,300 m 24,000 ft. Afghan tajik live mainly in the panjsher valley north of kabul and in the northern and northeastern provinces of parwan, takhar, badakhshan, and. Every single one of the percentages people give you is an estimate. In the early 21st century there were more than 5,200,000 tajiks in tajikistan and more than 1,000,000 in uzbekistan. Prayer points scripture prayers for the arab, tajiki in afghanistan. The major contribution to this shared heritage is the magnificent shahnameh book of kings, written by the eleventhcentury persian poet firdawsi. Tajikistan, officially the republic of tajikistan, is a landlocked country in central asia bordered by afghanistan, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan, and china. A book of the names and address of people living in a city. Tajiks are also the second largest ethnic group in afghanistan, representing 27 percent of the population or roughly 8. As a result, christians only make up a very slight percentage of the afghani tajik population. In the late eighteenth century, kabul was established as afghanistan s capital.
Ethnic tajiks represent 27 percent of the population. The afghan national anthem and the afghan constitution mention a total of 14 ethnic groups. The same cheap, simple approach could work in afghanistan, too. When this comes to light, only then will the people be able to gain the rest of their rights. Among them is fedchenko, which at 77 km 47 mi is the longest glacier outside of the earths.
They live predominantly in the northeast and in the west. The population of afghanistan is around 37,5,635 in 2019, which includes the roughly 3. They speak varieties of persian, a western iranian language. However, regional warlords and large areas of afghanistan remained beyond the control of the karzai government. By way of early new persian, tajiki persian, like iranian persian and dari persian, is a continuation of middle persian, the official religious and literary language of the sasanian empire 224651 ce, itself a continuation of old persian, the language of the achaemenids 550330 bc tajik is the official language of tajikistan.
Central command, general joseph votel, made a visit to dushanbe. Unlike their two bad neighbors iran, pakistan afghans love tajik and tajikistan. Tajik are a persianspeaking people who are mostly found in what is now tajikistan, including in parts of afghanistan, uzbekistan and china. Also as afghanistans tajiks makes a big portion of afghanistan population they always see tajikistans tajiks as their brothers. The afghani tajiks live in the hindu kush mountains of northeastern afghanistan, touching tajikistan.
After the soviet invasion of afghanistan in 1979, some tajik refugees escaped to live in neighboring iran and pakistan. Tajikistan population 2020 demographics, maps, graphs. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostlytribal society. Most tajiks are sunni muslims, but a few in remote mountain areas follow shia islam. Of the 31 million or so afghan residents, 42% are pashtun, 27% tajik, 9% hazara, 9% uzbek, 4% aimak, 3% turkmen, 2% baloch and 4% fall into an unspecified other group. Afghanistan program for culture and conflict studies naval. A key reason for the predominance of tajik troops is that the ana began to have serious problems recruiting troops in the rural areas of kandahar and helmand provinces by mid2007. Central asia tajikistan the world factbook central. World bank, world trade organization, cia fact book, and selective official iranian government statistics websites. Global alliance newsletter december 20 interview with the tajikistan church tajikistan, with a 0.