Aimaq tribe of Kazakh origin in Herat Province, Afghanistan
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Aimaq Kipchaks (Persian: قپچاق) are Aimaq tribe[1] of Kyrgyz origin that can be found in Obi district to the east of western Afghanistan's province of Herat, between the rivers Farāh Rud and Hari Rud. Afghan Kypchaks together with the Durzai and Kakar, two other tribes of Pashtun origin, constitute Taymani tribe. There are approximately 440,000 Afghan Kipchaks.
1 The Turkmen people living in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran are not to be confused with the Turkmen/Turkoman minorities in the Levant (i.e. Iraq and Syria) as the latter minorities mostly adhere to a Ottoman-Turkish heritage and identity.
2 This list only includes traditional areas of Turkish settlement (i.e. Turks still living in the former Ottoman territories).
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