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The Hazaras (Persian: هزاره, romanized:Hazāra; Hazaragi: آزره, romanized:Āzrə) are an ethnic group and a principal component of the population of Afghanistan. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan and primarily residing in the Hazaristan (Hazarajat) region in central Afghanistan.
Persecution of Hazaras. A woman prays in front of the graves at a Hazara cemetery for the Shi'ite Hazara community martyrs on a hill on the outskirts of Kabul. Decades of persecution has left the Hazara minority with little space left in its graveyards [ 1 ][ 2 ] The Hazaras have long been the subjects of persecution in Afghanistan.
Primarily ethnic Hazaras. Some other Northern Alliance supporters were targeted as well. The 1998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacre took place in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan in 1998. At least 2,000 victims were murdered by the Taliban, with Human Rights Watch estimating that the actual number of victims may be much higher.
Category Commons. v. t. e. 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 ...
It was Afghanistan's first-ever Olympics medal. Other famous Hazara athletes are Syed Abdul Jalil Waiz and Ali Hazara . Syed Abdul Jalil Waiz is the first Hazara Badminton-player who represented the country in Asian Junior Championships in 2005 where he produced the first win for the country against Iraq, winning 15/13 15/1.
The Hazara people [6] 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", [ 7 ] which is used to make words associated with land in the south, central and west Asia [ 8 ] [ need quotation to verify ] and "Hazaristan" is a ...
On 23 July 2016, a twin bombing [6] occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang square in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, when Enlightenment Movement protesters, mostly from the Hazara ethnic group , were marching against a decision to bypass their region in the development of the TUTAP mega power project. [3][7] At least 97 people were killed and ...
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 ...