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The history of Hazara people in Pakistan dates back to the 1840s, when Hazara tribesmen from Hazarajat began migration to colonial India because of persecution by Pashtuns. Many Hazaras were enlisted in the British Indian Army , beginning with enlistment into the Presidency armies during the First Anglo-Afghan War .
Kuchi–Hazara conflict, also called the Kuchi–Hazara dispute, is the series of conflicts between Kuchis and Hazaras over the lands in Hazarajat, the central highlands of Afghanistan, since the early 18th century. After the establishment of new Afghan Government, these conflicts have turned into war between Hazaras and Kuchis.
Non-Hazaras were often released, provided someone vouched for them. Human Rights Watch has reported that ethnic Pashtuns were not generally targeted by the Taliban during this time. [8] However, one Pashtun woman who had hidden eight Hazaras was fatally shot dead in her home, along with the individuals she had tried to protect. [17]
During this time, the Hazaras were set apart from Afghanistan's other ethnic groups due to their status as Shia rather than Sunni Muslims. [5] As a Sunni Muslim and a member of the Pashtun majority, Abdul Rahman Khan encouraged violence against the Hazaras. [5] This genocide of the Hazaras was also perpetrated by Pashtun religious leaders.
There is a famous story of 40 Hazara girls in Uruzgan committing suicide to escape sex slavery during the persecution. [24] 9,000 Hazara women were enslaved in Kabul alone. [4] 30 mule loads; [25] or roughly over 400 decapitated Hazara heads [N 2] were allegedly sent to Kabul. The Sultan Ahmad Hazara tribe of Uruzgan was in particular severely ...
When a group of Hazaras resisted being disarmed on the afternoon of 28 May 1997, this led to a revolt amongst Mazar's Hazaras and soon to a general popular uprising against the Taliban. [11] As the latter found themselves on unfamiliar terrain, they were quickly ambushed, defeated and killed or taken prisoner.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights ...
The massacre of Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif: Mazar-i-Sharif-Balkh Province: Taliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin: 2,000 [10] [11] to 20,000 [12] Taliban forces by aid of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin attacked to vast number of Hazaras, after arriving to Mazar-i-Sharif [13] Between 1999 and 2000 The massacre of Hazaras in Sar-e Pol Province: Sar-e Pol ...