Tuesday, July 5, 2011

ismael sandoval-Pashtuns and Hazaras in Afghanistan

1)What percentage of the population do Pashtuns and Hazaras make up in Afghanistan?
-9% of hazaras.45% of pashtuns.

2) Where do Pashtuns mainly live? What language do they speak?
-most areas of afghanistan.
-they talk pashtun.
3) Where do Hazaras mainly live? What language do they speak?
-the Hazaras were driven to the barren dry mountains of central Afghanistan.
-speak Farsi and are mostly Shi'i Muslims
4) What effect did the Soviet Invasion of 1979 have on the Pashtun/Hazara ethnic groups?
-The Soviet invasion of December 1979 has been the major determining factor in Afghanistan's ethnic relations since that point in time.-hazara.
-The Soviet invasion of December 1979 has been the major determining factor in Afghanistan's ethnic relations since that point in time. From that time Until mid-1991 the various factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, all dominated by Pashtuns, controlled the country's government-pashtuns.

5) From what you read, why is there a conflict between Amir and Hassan? How does what you learned explained their relationship?
-hassan is the servent of amir and amir is very rich.hassan is very poor and lives with amir.

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