1. What is the population of Afghanistan?
AS of July 2007, there are approximately32 million people in Afghanistan.
2. How many major ethnic groups are there in Afghanistan? Which groups do Amir and Hassan belong to?
There are nine groups in Afghanistan. Amir and hassan are from Hazaras.
3. What are the two official languages of Afghanistan? How many other languages are spoken in Afghanistan?
Pashtu and Dari are official languages. Thirty othere languages are spoken in Afghanistan.
4. What is the major religion in Afghanistan?
Muslim
5. Which two ethnic groups are the largest in Afganistan?
Pashtuns and Tajiks
6. What is the main language of the Pashtuns?
Pashtu
7. Why are the Pashtuns so influential in Afghanistan?
Highest ethnicity on social ladder and dominate government.
8. Approximately how many Tajiks are there in Afghanistan?
27% of the population.
9. Where do most Hazaras reside?
They reside in the middel of Afghanistan
10.Which ethnic groups were historically best known for farming?

Uzbek and Turkmen

11. Which ethnic groups are best known as nomads or for camel breeding?
T he Balochis.
12. Which Muslim sect to do the majority of Muslims in Afghanistan belong to?
Sunni
13. What are the Tajiks best known for?
Agriculture (farmers)
14. What sect of Muslims do most Hazaras belong to?
Mongolian origins