| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Afghan Turkestan | |
| Languages | |
| Uzbek,Turkmen,Persian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam |
TheTurkic people in Afghanistan areTurkic people from modern dayAfghanistan. The major Turkic tribes are theQizilbash,Uzbeks,Kyrgyz, andTurkmens. The Qizilbash came to Afghanistan during theAfsharid andDurrani rule in Afghanistan and since they worked at high government jobs, but also made up parts of the army, especially whenTimur Shah Durrani wanted to get rid of the dependency on Pashtun tribes and expanded his army by 12.000 Qizilbash soldier.Zaman Shah Durrani's cavalry consisted of 100.000 men, who were mostly Qizilbashs.[1] Today they live in big cities likeKabul,Mazar-e-Sharif andKandahar. Currently they speak mainlyPersian as their language, however in some regions, as in Kandahar, they also speakPashto.[citation needed] They speak the same language as their ethnic equivalents inCentral Asia. In addition to that theAfghan Tatars are scattered across much of northern Afghanistan and live in isolated rural areas.Kyrgyz people settle theWakhan Corridor ofAfghanistan and are also really isolated there. The number of them was 1,130 in 2003, all from easternWakhan District in theBadakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan.[2] They still lead a nomadic lifestyle and are led by akhan ortekin.[citation needed]
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