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In 2009 the German government estatimated the number of people of Afghan descent residing in Germany at 126334. Of those 49081 were only holding an Afghan passport while 77253 were holding a German passport.This makes Germany’s Afghan community one of the largest in Europe. In particular there are about 22000 Afghans in Hamburg.The Afghan community in Germany is heterogeneous with various political views as they are in Afghanistan (see Demography of Afghanistan).