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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 .
The persecution of Hazaras in Quetta, is a series of ethnic or religious motivated attacks on Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan. [1][2][3][4] Terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Lashkar-e-Taiba have often accepted responsibility for conducting attacks on Hazaras in Pakistan. [5][1] Hazaras have been living in Afghanistan before the ...
More than half of the Hazara population was massacred by the Emirate of Afghanistan between 1888 and 1893, [25] and they have faced persecution at various times over the past decades. [26] Widespread ethnic discrimination, [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] religious persecution, [ 30 ] [ 31 ] organized attacks by terrorist groups, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] harassment ...
Hazara genocide (19th century) Over 60% of the Hazara population of Hazarajat were killed and some displaced. [3] 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 ...
#StopHazaraGenocide is a social media campaign that aims to raise awareness and demand action against the persecution and violence faced by the Hazara ethnic group. [1] The campaign was initiated by Hazaras in response to a series of deadly attacks on the Hazara community, especially students and women, by the Taliban and other extremist groups.
The Hazara people were among those persecuted by the Taliban due to their adherence to the Shi'a sect of Islam. The Taliban, as followers of a strict conservative Sunni sect, considered Shi'a to be infidels and sought to impose their religious beliefs on the Hazara population.
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Since then, the Hazara community has faced constant persecution since then, including the 21st century. [4] Despite improvement of conditions after the topple of the Taliban regime in 2001, conditions worsened after the Taliban victory, with the Taliban continuing their persecution of the Hazara minority. [5]