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Originally Posted by Charlatan
I suppose you could get out of Afghanistan and offer to resettle those who don't want to be ruled by the Taliban...
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heres why that won't work. Your saying that those that dont want to live under taliban rule can be resettled. The Hazari's are Shia, and are almost 10% of the population and from memory a vast majority of the population of Mazhar-e-Sharif.
resettling 3Million Hazaris and another 3 million afghan Shia's is not going to work. The other option would be to split afghanistan up and create a new country for the shia's, which could backfire because:
1) youd be dividing and conquering and the USA would look like total assholes with hidden agendas for breaking up the country. Bad bad Amrika!
2) if you do, then you'd be one step close to having an ignorant shia population that could rule with theorcracy (think Iran - although Iranians by and large are educated. so id hate to see an ignorant Shia theocracy take shape)
3) you'd have two problems to deal with instead of 1
4) having the possibility of sectraian strife between two ethically different failed states and the chance of creating more division and war.
i have more to say on this, but i ill do this when i have some time and im not at work
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Afghanistan Demographics Profile 2011
Home > Afghanistan
Population
29,835,392
note: this is a significantly revised figure; the previous estimate of 33,609,937 was extrapolated from the last Afghan census held in 1979, which was never completed because of the Soviet invasion; a new Afghan census is scheduled to take place in 2010 (July 2011 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 42.3% (male 6,464,070/female 6,149,468)
15-64 years: 55.3% (male 8,460,486/female 8,031,968)
65 years and over: 2.4% (male 349,349/female 380,051) (2011 est.)
Median age
total: 18.2 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.2 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate
2.375% (2011 est.)
Birth rate
37.83 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Death rate
17.39 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Net migration rate
3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 23% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 149.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 152.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 145.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 45.02 years
male: 44.79 years
female: 45.25 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate
5.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.01% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths
NA
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Nationality
noun: Afghan(s)
adjective: Afghan
Ethnic groups
Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%
Religions
Sunni Muslim 80%, Shia Muslim 19%, other 1%
Languages
Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%, Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much bilingualism
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.1%
male: 43.1%
female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 9 years
male: 11 years
female: 7 years (2009)
Education expenditures
NA
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