Aimaq Kipchaks (Persian: قپچاق) are Aimaq tribe[1] of Kazakh origin that can be found in Obi district to the east of western Afghanistan's province of Herat, between the rivers Farāh Rud and Hari Rud. Afghan Kypchaks together with the Durzai and Kakar, two other tribes of Pushtun origin, constitute Taymani tribe. There are approximately 440,000 Afghan Kipchaks.
1 Central Asian (i.e. Turkmeni, Afghani and Iranian) Turkmens, distinct from Levantine (i.e. Iraqi and Syrian) Turkmen/Turkoman minorities, who mostly adhere to an Ottoman-Turkish heritage and identity.
2 In traditional areas of Turkish settlement (i.e. former Ottoman territories).