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The majority Religion in Afghanistan is Islam, with over 99% of Afghans being counted as Muslims. Of those, approximately 80% are Sunni 20% are Shi'a [1][2] [3] (estimates vary). There are about 30,000 to 150,000 Hindus and Sikhs living in different cities but mostly in Jalalabad, Kabul, and Kandahar.[4][5] Also, there was a small Jewish community in Afghanistan (See Bukharan Jews) who fled the country after the 1979 Soviet invasion, and only one individual, Zablon Simintov, remains today.[6] There is an estimated 3,000 - 5,000 Christians in Afghanistan. (See Christianity in Afghanistan) Most of these are former Muslims who converted.[7] Buddhists, very few in number, probably number about 0.3% of the current population. Baha'is could be considered the second largest minority of Afghanistan with more than 20,000 members.
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