Afghan Kazakhs: Destiny, Longing, and the Hope of Migration to Kazakhstan

This documentary details the life of the Kazakh diaspora in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, highlighting their ancestral roots, language loss, identity preservation, and the systemic challenges they face in migrating back to Kazakhstan.

Video Chapters:

• 00:00 - "Afghan Kazakhs" Documentary Introduction
• 01:59 - Meeting Sabyr
• 03:30 - Elder of the Shomekei Clan
• 04:12 - The Kazakh Street in Mazar-i-Sharif
• 05:37 - My relatives live in Shymkent
• 06:39 - My father came from Karmakshy
• 08:18 - Though I am Uzbek, my children are Kazakhs!
• 10:01 - Our father is buried in Kazakhstan
• 12:01 - Father migrated here 70 years ago
• 12:54 - Local Uzbek worker: I worked in Kazakhstan
• 15:57 - Shukur Aga's Family
• 17:01 - Sima, daughter of the Aday Clan
• 18:06 - What prevents us from moving to Kazakhstan?
• 18:52 - Nurdaulet, born in Saryagash
• 19:45 - We pay $50 a month for house rent
• 21:48 - We are slowly losing our Kazakh language
• 23:30 - The hardship of losing my mother without relatives nearby
• 24:35 - Look, this is a pure Kongyrat clan member!
• 25:40 - Merchants: Flour from Kazakhstan has become expensive
• 29:41 - Other ethnicities registered themselves as "Kazakh" in official documents
• 32:01 - Main problem faced by local Kazakhs
• 32:59 - We include Kazakhstan in our daily prayers
• 33:47 - We recognize Kazakhs from afar
• 34:29 - Telling friends: "Kazakhstan will eventually take us home"