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NewsHazaras Hustle to Head of Class in Afghanistan
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA Published: January 3, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan — For much of this country’s history, the Hazara were typically servants, cleaners, porters and little else, a largely Shiite...
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NewsHazaras are victims of the blame game in Afghanistan
By Kamran Mir Hazar I remember it was 2006 when a former Kabul police chief, General Ali Shah Paktiawal, told local media that the police had detained a Hazara suicide bomber before he had a...
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NewsHazaras: Afghanistan’s Outsiders
The Outsiders Set apart by geography and beliefs, oppressed by the Taliban, the Hazara people could be Afghanistan’s best hope. By Phil Zabriskie Photograph by Steve McCurry At the heart of Afghanistan is an empty...
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NewsFearful for beautiful Bamiyan’s fate
Author: Lindsey Hilsum The big picture is what strikes you first. The huge, tawny-brown rock faces with gaping niches where the Bamiyan Buddhas stood until the Taliban destroyed them. The adjacent rows of caves like...
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AustraliaAFGHANISTAN’S Hazara minority is in mortal danger at the hands of a resurgent Taliban, says William Maley.
William Maley, July 02, 2010 THURSDAY, June 24, was a bad day for Kevin Rudd. It was a worse day for 11 members of the Hazara ethnic group in Afghanistan. Some time during the day,...
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Human RightsTaliban Kill 9 Members of Minority in Ambush
By ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — At least nine Hazara men have been killed in an ambush in a remote area of central Afghanistan that is largely controlled by the Taliban, the police and...
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NewsViolence Between Kuchi-Taliban and Hazara a New Cause for Concern
By Timor Sharan June 3, 2010 The violence in Afghanistan has taken a new dangerous dimension with Taliban using nomad Pashtun-Kuchi as part of their plain to aggravate ethnic tensions between the former and the...
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GenocideMartyr Darab’s grave
Today afternoon the body of martyr Darab, one of the Tyzak’s martyrs, victimized buried by presence of four or five people. The martyr’s body was found after 12 days, I stopped for while over the...
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EuropeProtest in Norway Against Kuchi Invasion of Behsud
Hundreds of Norwegian Hazaras held a protest rally on May 29 in Oslo against the Kuchi invasion of Behsud. Children and mothers also participated holding banners and placards demanding the Govt. of Afghanistan to stop...
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AustraliaProtest in Melbourne Against Kuchi Invasion of Behsud
Thousands of Australian Hazaras living in Melbourne staged a protest demonstration on May 30 against the Kuchi invasion of Behsud. Photos by Farkhonda Source:http://hazaristantimes.wordpress.com
By Omid Jafari