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Hinduism in Afghanistan
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Hinduism in Afghanistan is practiced by a tiny minority of Afghans, about 30-40 individuals as of 2021,[1][4][5] who live mostly in the cities of Kabul and Jalalabad. Afghan Hindus are ethnically Pashtun,[6] Hindkowan (Hindki), Punjabi, or Sindhi and primarily speak Dari, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu).
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30-40 (2021)[1] | |
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Larger diaspora in India, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, and Canada[2] | |
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Hinduism[3] | |
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Dari, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi, Sindhi, and Hindustani (Urdu-Hindi) |
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Before the Islamic conquest of Afghanistan, the Afghan people were multi-religious.[7] Religious persecution, discrimination, and forced conversion of Hindus in Afghanistan perpetrated by Muslims, has caused the Afghan Hindus, along with Buddhist and Sikh population, to dwindle from Afghanistan.[8]