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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southwest Pashayi of Afghanistan

The Southwest Pashayi of Afghanistan, numbering approximately 95,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the larger Pashayi ethnic group of northeastern Afghanistan. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Southwest Pashai is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Southwest Pashayi

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Afghanistan
People Cluster: Kashmiri
Primary Language(s): Southwest Pashai (psh)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 95,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG023997
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southwest Pashai
Language Family: Indo-European

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Media Resources in Southwest Pashai:

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Bible Resources in Southwest Pashai:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Southwest Pashayi:
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Pray specifically for the Southwest Pashayi of Afghanistan

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
readPsalm 130:4

Pray that God will bring those who have hard hearts to repentance and trust in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
readPsalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Pashayi, Southwest Across Countries (ROP3 - 109523) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southwest PashayiPG023997Southwest PashayiAfghanistan95,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthwest PashaiSunni Islam

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