Claim: Afghanistan is the origin of the Ghorid dynasty.
Evidence: The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires.
The Ghurids or Ghorids -LRB- سلسله غوریان self-designation : شنسباني , Shansabānī -RRB- were a dynasty of Eastern Iranian descent -LRB- presumably Tajik , but the exact ethnic origin is uncertain -RRB- , from the Ghor region of present-day central Afghanistan.