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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 .
Kuchi–Hazara conflict, also called the Kuchi–Hazara dispute, is the series of conflicts between Kuchis and Hazaras over the lands in Hazarajat, the central highlands of Afghanistan, since the early 18th century. After the establishment of new Afghan Government, these conflicts have turned into war between Hazaras and Kuchis.
There is a famous story of 40 Hazara girls in Uruzgan committing suicide to escape sex slavery during the persecution. [24] 9,000 Hazara women were enslaved in Kabul alone. [4] 30 mule loads; [25] or roughly over 400 decapitated Hazara heads [N 2] were allegedly sent to Kabul. The Sultan Ahmad Hazara tribe of Uruzgan was in particular severely ...
The advocacy for Pashtun rights, such as by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), has occasionally resulted in accusations of marginalisation or misrepresentation of Pashtuns in official narratives. [3] [4] In Afghanistan, tensions have been reported between Pashtuns and other ethnic groups, particularly in regions dominated by Tajiks and Hazaras.
Hazara Division is linguistically and ethnically diverse which distinguish it from the rest of the Pashtun-majority province. According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan , the three largest ethnolinguistic groups in Hazara are Hindkowans (56%), Pashtuns (20.7%) and Kohistanis (14.6%). [ 4 ]
During this time, the Hazaras were set apart from Afghanistan's other ethnic groups due to their status as Shia rather than Sunni Muslims. [5] As a Sunni Muslim and a member of the Pashtun majority, Abdul Rahman Khan encouraged violence against the Hazaras. [5] This genocide of the Hazaras was also perpetrated by Pashtun religious leaders.
Selling vegetables at a market in Khan Younis, a city that has been heavily damaged by Israeli bombardment, Ahmad Safi said it was “impossible” to transfer people out of Gaza.
Hazara Town (Urdu: ہزارہ ٹاؤن, Hazaragi: آزره ټاون, Dari: شهرک هزاره) is a lower- to middle-income area on the western outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, of which an almost all the residents are ethnic Hazaras, with a small population of Pashtuns and Baloch.