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Claim: Afghans are not Arabs, they speak Persian

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THE ANSWER

Official languages: Dari (Persian) and Pashto; peoples: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek. Arab Muslims brought Islam to Herat in 642 CE; by the 11th century the region was Islamised.

SOURCE

Wikipedia: Afghanistan (fetched 15 Oct 2026)
Checked 2026-10-15

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