Safi (tribe)

Sāpī (Pashto: ساپی Sāpai; plur. ساپي Sāpī) is a Pashtun tribe situated mostly in Afghanistan. Many former Pashayi speakers have also adopted the ethnonym Safi in Afghanistan.

According to a work published by Jeffrey H.P Evans-von Krbek at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Durham in 1977, the origins of the Sapi lies in the region of ancient Gandhara.

The exact population number of this clan is not known; however, it is estimated to be around 2.5 million in Afghanistan. Sapis have played an important role in Afghanistan. The Sapi tribe is well known for its resistance to the Taliban regime, and many fierce clashes have broken out between the two.

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