1-AIMAQ 480,000 in Afghanistan (1993).Central northwest Afghanistan. Dari Persian dialects with some Turkic and Mongolian elements, possibly quite distinct. Agriculturalists, pastoralists. Hanafi Sunni Muslim. 

2-ARABIC, TAJIKI SPOKEN 5,000 in Afghanistan (1967).Spoken in a few villages west of Daulatabad (Khushalabad), near Balkh (Yakhdan), Aq Chah (Sultan Aregh), Shibarghan (Hassanabad), and south of Talukan in Takhar Province; 4 northern provinces. Persianized Arabic. Speakers are reported to be bilingual in Tajiki. Muslim.

3-ASHKUN 7,000. 195,000 in all Nuristani groups (1993). Pech Valley around Wama, northwest of Asadabad in Kunar Province. Dialects: ASHURUVERI, SURUVIRI. Not Written.Muslim.

4-AZERBAIJANI Ethnic group in Afghanistan. Afshari dialect spoken in small groups north of Kabul, Chandaul quarter of Kabul city, also some in Herat city. Part of the Qizilbash merchant group speak Afshari dialect, which is strongly influenced by Persian. Part of the Qizilbash speak Dari. Click Here