#hazaras

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Hazara Woman From Afghanistan

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La passe du diable / The Devil's Pass Jacques Dupont, Pierre Schoendoerffer. 1958

Fortress Shahr-e Zuhak, Bamiyan, Afghanistan See in map

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While we mourn the martyrs of Baghdad, we also mourn the martyrs of Quetta who were persecuted due to their Shia faith. #WeRemember

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Saint Ali Valley by Michal Przedlacki

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Hundreds of mourners from Pakistan’s Shia Hazara Muslim community have defied official calls for a fourth day to end their sit-in protest and bury the bodies of miners recently killed in a brutal attack by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the country’s restive southwest. The protesters, estimated to be 2,500 in number, continued to block the roads on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province and demanded better protection from the Pakistani government and police. The protest came after at least 10 miners were kidnapped before dawn on Sunday (03-January-2021) near the remote coal mine in the southwestern mountainous Machh area, 60 kilometers southeast of Quetta City. Several of them were beheaded by the militants. Hours later, the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the massacre.

'Pakistan’s Hazara Muslims continue protest, refuse to bury dead', PressTV

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Hazara Girls From Bamyan, Afghanistan

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More than the Panamagate scandal, I blame Nawaz Sharif and his henchmen for their abject failure to implement the National Action Plan to end religious extremism in the country. Had they been even half-serious in taking the tough measures involved in cracking down on hate speech in our television chat shows, classrooms and mosques, we might have a chance to end the massacres the Hazaras are being subjected to. Instead, we are stuck in our normal cycle of killings of minorities, crocodile tears from politicians and the media, and then business as usual.

Irfan Husain, 'Hazara massacre', Dawn

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A Hazara girl practices the martial arts with a sword at a Wushu training club in Injil, Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan

Living primarily in the rugged highlands in the country's centre, the Hazaras are one of Afghanistan's largest ethnic minorities, accounting for up to 20 percent of Afghanistan's 30 million inhabitants. The Hazaras are said to be descendants of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol empire, and the Mongol soldiers who swept through the region in the 13th century. Their Asiatic features set them apart from other Afghans, including the predominant ethnic Pashtun. While the Hazaras are primarily Shia Muslims, most Afghans follow the Sunni branch of Islam.

The Hazaras say they are considered outsiders in their own country and have been persecuted throughout history. In the late 1900s, Pashtun King Amir Abdul Rahman Khan ordered the killing of all Shias in central Afghanistan, leaving tens of thousands of Hazaras dead, according to anthropologist Thomas Barfield. Hazaras were sold as slaves as late as the 19th century. Those living in rural areas were denied public services. Until recent decades, few attended university or held government positions. "Hazaras have been systematically discriminated against by Pashtuns and others during the Afghan pre-war periods," says Thomas Ruttig, co-director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network.