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The Hazaras (Persian: هزاره, romanized: Hazāra; Hazaragi: آزره, romanized: Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of Afghanistan’s population. . They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan, primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanist
Hazara farmers were often forced to give up their property to Pashtuns and as a result, many Hazara families had to leave seasonally to the major cities in Afghanistan, Iran, or Pakistan to find jobs and a source of income. Quetta in Pakistan is home to the third largest settlements of Hazara outside Afghanistan.
The mass-migration and permanent settlements started in the 1890s when Emir Abdul Rahman Khan started persecuting the Hazaras of Afghanistan. [109] The majority of Hazara are Shi'as with a sizable Sunni Muslims minority. 10% of Pakistan's population is Shia Muslim. Sectarian violence in Pakistan started in 1980s.
The Hazara ethnic minority fear returning to life under the Taliban - many are hiding in Pakistan. Afghan Hazara refugees live in fear of being deported by Pakistan Skip to main content
Persecution of Hazara people: 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 ...
Aren’t we the people of Afghanistan?” asked one member of the Hazara community. Viewed as heretics, this minority is now being forced from their homes by the Taliban Skip to main content
The Hazaras - a predominantly Shi'ite community - have been at the receiving end of some of the most violent attacks in Afghanistan's bloody history.Hussain Rahimi lost his sister Golsum, a 12th ...
The Hazaras are an ethnic group who inhabit and originate from Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region, located in central parts of Afghanistan and generally scattered throughout Afghanistan. However, there are significant and large minorities of them in Pakistan and Iran , notably in Quetta , Pakistan and Mashhad , Iran.