Farsiwan

The Farsiwan, or simply Farsi (Persian), are found mainly in western Afghanistan and are generally distiguished from the Tajiks by their adherance to Shia Islam as opposed to the Sunni sect favored by the Tajiks. Unlike the Hazaras who are also Shia, the Farsiwan do not show any significant traces of Turkic-Mongol ancestry. In essence, they are basically identical to the Persians of Iran due to their various similarities. The only distinction is that the Farsiwan sometimes speak a dialect more akin to the Dari-dialect of the Persian language as opposed to standard Farsi-dialect, but this is not always the case.