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NewsHazaras do not agree with any population figures regarding Afghanistan
For over 200 years, the Hazaras have suffered the worst genocide, ethnic cleansing, and forced population displacement that favored the Pushtuns. The historical Hazara homeland, Hazarajat or Hazaristan, has been carved every which way to...
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Human RightsTreatment of Hazara by government forces, November 2009 – November 2010
Afghanistan – Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland on 7 December 2010 Treatment of Hazara by government forces, November 2009 – November 2010. Hazara People/ Photo by Najib Musafer A report...
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NewsAFGHANISTAN: It’s a Man’s Job, or Is It?
THURSDAY DECEMBER 2ND 2010: Dasht-e-Barchi is a poor community located in the west of Kabul city. Although a two-lane road was recently constructed, the streets are almost too narrow for a car to pass. The...
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NewsMinority group emerges as a force in new Afghan parliament
Hazara People note: Information provided in CIA World Factbook regarding the population in Afghanistan is wrong and Karzai’s regime is afraid to undertake a national census. From Nic Robertson and Matiullah Mati, CNN Kabul, Afghanistan...
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NewsGhazni Parliamentary Poll Results Announced
TOLO News, Wednesday, 01 December 2010 The Afghan Independent Election Commission on Wednesday announced the final vote results of Ghazni province Fazl Ahmad Manawi, Chief of the IEC announced the final results of Ghazni without...
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NewsAfghanistan and the Parliamentary Crises
From: The Desk of Fahim Khairy Date: November 27, 2010 Afghanistan is going through a second round of parliamentary elections in the past almost 10 years of a democratic regime following the Taliban removal. The...
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News“War Does This to Your Mind”
by Kathy Kelly, November 28, 2010 Kabul– Khamad Jan, age 22, remembers that, as a youngster, he was a good student who enjoyed studying. “Now, I can’t seem to think,” he said sadly, looking at...
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NewsGhazni’s Re-Election and the high-handedness of the IEC and Hamid Karzai
Liaquat Ali Hazara, Nov 25, 2010 The much awaited result of the recent parliamentary elections has been announced by the Independent Election Commission amid fears of deteriorating law and order and clashes between the Hazaras...
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NewsFinal Afghan election results show Hazara minority trumped dominant Pashtuns
Wed Nov 24,2010 Nearly two months after Afghans cast their votes in the parliamentary election, the countrys Independent Election Commission released the final results for all but one area of the country. While concerns remain...
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NewsUNICEF calls for a comprehensive Child Act in Afghanistan
23 November 2010 – Afghanistan needs a comprehensive Child Act fully in line with the provisions and principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In Afghanistan today one in five children die...
By Omid Jafari