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Hazaras have been systemically killed and discriminated against socially, economically, and culturally with specific intent, argued by some to constitute genocide. [4] [3] [5] The Hazaras primarily come from the central regions of Afghanistan, known as Hazarajat.
The Hazara genocide occurred in the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the Afghanistan Emirate signed the Treaty of Gandamak. Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman set out to bring the Turkistan , Hazaristan , and Kafiristan regions under his control.
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIGRC) called the Taliban's terrorism against the Afghan civilian population a war crime. [9] According to Amnesty International, the Taliban commit war crimes by targeting civilians, including killing teachers, abducting aid workers and burning school buildings.
Afghanistan-Pakistan: heads of state of Afghanistan, Taliban, Haqqani network, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, ISIL, Pashtuns, Kochi people: 1888–1893 Suppression of 1888–1893 Uprisings of Hazaras: Hazarajat: Afghan army under Abdur Rahman Khan: Thousands [5] [6] to 409,500 Hazaras according to a Hazara author [7] February 11–12, 1993 Afshar ...
Northern, central and western Afghanistan +15,000 United Nations: "These are the same type of war crimes as were committed in Bosnia and should be prosecuted in national courts". [52] See some campaigns listed below. The Hazara claim the Taliban executed 15,000 of their people in their campaign through northern and central Afghanistan. [53]
On August 20, 1998, the US government issued a warning for non-Muslims to leave Afghanistan. [20] Meanwhile, Iran responded to the situation in neighboring Afghanistan by dispatching troops to its border. [11] In the weeks after the takeover the Taliban announced the execution of some soldiers who had been responsible for crimes. [21]
However, some were forcefully converted from Shi'a to Sunni Islam following Abdur Rahman’s occupation and the Hazara genocide. In Afghanistan, they primarily inhabit the provinces of Kabul, Baghlan, Badghis, Ghor, Kunduz, Panjshir, Bamyan, Badakhshan, and Parwan. [184] [185]
From July 4 to July 6, 2021, the Taliban carried out a series of killings in the village of Mundarakht, situated in the Ghazni Province of Afghanistan, targeting Hazara men. [1] The killings were condemned and shock was expressed at the savagery of killings, especially when it was revealed that the Taliban used torture in order to kill the men.