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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
Ethnic groups in Afghanistan as of 1997. Afghanistan is a multiethnic and mostly tribal society. The population of the country consists of numerous ethnolinguistic groups: mainly the Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, and Uzbek, as well as the minorities of Aimaq, Turkmen, Baloch, Pashai, Nuristani, Gujjar, Brahui, Qizilbash, Pamiri, Kyrgyz, Moghol, and others.
The Hazara people [5] and surrounding peoples use the names "Hazarajat" or "Hazaristan" to identify the historic Hazara lands. "Hazarajat" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix "jat", [6] which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia [7] [need quotation to verify] and "Hazaristan" is a compound of "Hazara" and the Persian suffix ـستان ...
The massacre of Hazaras in Sar-e Pol Province: Sar-e Pol Province: Taliban: indeterminate June 25, 2010 The massacre of Hazaras in Zabul Province: Zabul Province: Taliban: 9 For collaborating with the government and the spying, Taliban committed incredibly massacre of Hazaras December 6, 2011 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings: Mazar-i-Sharif ...
List of Hazara people; Abdul Khaliq Hazara (assassin) (1916–1933), assassinated the King of Afghanistan in 1933; Abdul Khaliq Hazara (politician) (fl. from 2010), Pakistani politician; Haji Sayed Hussain Hazara (1917–2002), Pakistani politician; Kulsoom Hazara (born 1988), Pakistani karate practitioner; Meena Hazara (fl. 2010), Pakistani ...
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 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.
Hazara people make up the second or the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, making about 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the Hazaristan region, [1] as well as parts of Pakistan (especially Balochistan) and Iran.