Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Pashtuns and Hazaras in Afghanistan

) What percentage of the population do Pashtuns and Hazaras make up in Afghanistan?
-The percentage of hazaras in afghanistan are now 9% and the pashtuns are 45% of the population


2) Where do Pashtuns mainly live? What language do they speak?
-They are concentrated in the east and the south and they speak Pashtu


3) Where do Hazaras mainly live? What language do they speak?
-They live in the barren dry mountains of central afghanistan and the speak Farsi


4) What effect did the Soviet Invasion of 1979 have on the Pashtun/Hazara ethnic groups?
-The soviet invasion lowerd the pashtuns population and raised other ethnic groups
the various factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, all dominated by Pashtuns

5) From what you read, why is there a conflict between Amir and Hassan? How does what you learned explained their relationship?
-They are friends but amir is dosent want hassan always sticking up for him making hassans father disapointed in him.Hassan is Amirs servant, hassan is hazara and amir is pashtun hassan is a loyal friend to amir and amir isnt.

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