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Human RightsHazara Diaspora Organizations’ Statement on the Situation in Behsud, Afghanistan
We the undersigned, Hazara diaspora civil society organizations, express our deep concerns about the tense situation unfolding in the Behsud district of Afghanistan’s Maidan-Wardak province. The Afghanistan National Security and Defence Force (ANDSF) have been...
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CultureThe daring journey to reach Afghanistan’s famous Buddhas—before they were lost
Twenty years after the destruction of the ancient Bamiyan Buddhas, all that remains are empty niches—and memories. By Nina Strochlic | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Photographs By Pascal Maitre Pascal Maitre’s first, second, and third attempts to...
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GenocideIntersectionality: From American Black Movements to Yellow Uprising of the Hazara in Hazaristan
Kamran Mir Hazar Identifying the Patterns of Oppression Toward Social Justice and Self-Determination A draft application for a fictional citizen science project Abstract Using intersectionality as a theoretical ground, this paper drafts a fictional citizen...
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NewsBritish involvement in recent air raids on Hazara villages in Behsud, Afghanistan
Given the dark history of British involvement in the Hazara genocide of 1890s, Great Britain must immediately stop bombing the Hazara villages of Behsud in Afghanistan. On January 29th, Allahdad Fedae ordered his forces to...
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GenocideSeven Ethnic Hazaras Killed In Eastern Afghanistan
At least seven members of Afghanistan’s persecuted Hazara ethnic group were murdered in the country’s restive east, officials said on March 4, in the latest attack to target the largely Shi’ite minority. Hazara laborers had...
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NewsHarder Days Yet to Come for the Hazaras of Afghanistan
While the Taliban are surrounding the Hazara areas in Ghazni province, the Afghan government has already dismantled all the local security forces of Malistan, Jaghuri, Nawur and Qarabagh districts and asked them to consign the...
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NewsLocal Source: Taliban Threatens Hazaras in Sarchashma Area to Surrender
The Taliban have threatened the Hazaras in Sarchashma area of Maidan Wardak province to surrender and cut ties with the government of Afghanistan within two days, a local source told Kabul Now, today, Tuesday, February...
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NewsAfghanistan-Pakistan: Hazaras, prime targets of Sunni extremists
On both sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, members of the Hazara minority, who practice Shia Islam, have become a prime target for various Sunni terrorist groups such as the Taliban and Islamic...
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NewsSlain miners laid to rest in Quetta’s Hazara Town
Ten coal miners from the Hazara community, who were brutally killed in an attack on January 3, were laid to rest at Quetta’s Hazara Town cemetery on Saturday. The prayers were led by Allama Raja...
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NewsHazaras continue Quetta protest on 5th day, refuse to bury slain miners despite PM’s request
by halib Nihad | Dawn.com Despite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them “very soon”, Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community...
By Hazara International