People group profile · PG050313
The Afghans of Tajikistan
The Afghans of Tajikistan, numbering about 6,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a multiethnic community united primarily by shared national origin and collective ties to Afghanistan. The community includes people from numerous ethnolinguistic backgrounds, including Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, Turkmen, and others.
They are a diaspora people in the Pashtun people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Dari.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Population
- 6,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Pashtun
- Primary language
- Dari (prs)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Central Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Afghans are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Afghans
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
98% adherents
Primary language
Dari · Indo-European family
100% speak Dari
Gospel resources in Dari
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Good News for a New Age · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Afghans
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Afghan, general in other countries
The same people (ROP3 115238) is reported in 11 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghans | Iran | 2,570,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Turkiye | 259,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Germany | 253,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | United States | 167,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Canada | 90,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | United Kingdom | 51,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | France | 40,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Greece | 36,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Netherlands | 34,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Belgium | 25,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Afghans | Italy | 2,200 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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