1 definition by cleveranon
A group of people who have many misconceptions through media, often labeled as a middle eastern country with fanatical Muslim extremists. In fact Afghanistan is a part of central Asia, which has many different groups of people which inhabit the region, 40% are pushtuns, these people are often referred to as the 'proper afghans' as pushtun translated into Persian means afghan, however they are not native to the land or region there are some theories that indicate that they are a part of the lost tribes of Israel. There are also Tajiks which inhabit 30% of the population, they are persians as the word tajik is a turkic words meaning non turkic. there are are also hazaras, uzbeks. turkmen * two types, one is hazara turkmen and some are turkmen) and kyrgz (sometimes apart of the hazaras) these groups are turks with ancestry from the turkic regions of central Asia.
by cleveranon May 18, 2015