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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
The new 2004 Afghan constitution recognized them as one of the country's ethnic minorities, and they held full right to Afghan citizenship. Hazaras were well represented in Karzai's government, [64] and in the 2010 Afghan parliamentary election, Hazaras won around 25 percent of the seats. [65]
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.
Bab-e-Khyber. 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.
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 ...
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 Hazara ethnic group mainly inhabit the central and eastern regions of Afghanistan, as well as parts of Pakistan and Iran. They are estimated to make up about 20% of Afghanistan's population. [3] The Hazara are predominantly Shia Muslims with significant Sunni Muslims, which makes them a religious minority in a largely Sunni Muslim country ...
Accusing the Hazaras of killing Taliban prisoners in 1997, Niazi threatened to punish them in retaliation if they did not leave Afghanistan. He warned that other residents of the city would also be punished if they protected Hazaras. In one of his speeches, Niazi ominously warned Hazara residents: "wherever you go we will catch you.