Afghan American

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American of Asian descent diaspora community ethnic group

Afghan American refers to U.S. residents or citizens of Afghan ancestry, encompassing a diverse diaspora shaped by migration from Afghanistan due to conflict, political upheaval, and economic opportunity.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Afghan diaspora 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American of Asian descent ⓘ
diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
citizenshipStatus may be U.S. citizen ⓘ
may be U.S. permanent resident ⓘ
may be asylum seeker ⓘ
may be refugee ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cuisine ashak ⓘ
bolani ⓘ
kabuli pulao ⓘ
kebab ⓘ
mantu ⓘ
culturalInstitution Afghan community center ⓘ
Afghan cultural association ⓘ
Afghan mosque ⓘ
culturalPractice Eid al-Adha celebration ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr celebration ⓘ
Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
surface form: Nowruz celebration
ethnicSubgroup Aimaqs ⓘ
surface form: Aimaq

Baloch people ⓘ
surface form: Baloch

Hazaras ⓘ
surface form: Hazara

Nuristani people ⓘ
surface form: Nuristani

Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun

Tajik ⓘ
Turkmens ⓘ
surface form: Turkmen

Uzbek ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin Afghanistan ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hazara language ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Uzbek ⓘ
majorMigrationWave Afghan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Afghan civil war (1990s)

Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 ⓘ
post-2001 U.S. intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ
notableEnclave Little Kabul (Fremont, California) ⓘ
recognizedAs minority group in the United States ⓘ
relatedGroup Afghan American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afghan diaspora

Central Asian American ⓘ
Middle Eastern American ⓘ
Muslim American ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
settlementArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
Fremont ⓘ
surface form: Fremont, California

Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Los Angeles Area ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles metropolitan area

New York metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: New York City metropolitan area

Northern California ⓘ
Northern Virginia ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix, Arizona

San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Diego, California

San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian American → hasPart → Afghan American ⓘ
Afghan American → relatedGroup → Afghan American self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan diaspora