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VideosGiant Buddha at Bamiyan Afghanistan, ca. 1938
This is a clip from a 1938 color documentary from the ‘Thaw Expedition’ along the Silk Road, produced by the Esso corporation and distributed by Modern Talking Picture Service, showing the Great Buddha at Bamiyan....
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NewsSympathy From Bamiyan to the People of Japan
Youth in Bamiyan took out a sympathy rally for the victims of Japan quake today in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Many youth marched to the top hill in front of the destroyed Buddha statues and held banners...
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VideosHazara women ski on the mountains in Bamiyan
Mustafa Kazemi, AFP Best known for its historic Buddha statues blown up by the Taliban 10 years ago, the Afghan province of Bamiyan has a fresh attraction which it hopes will draw in tourists –...
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NewsThe Afghan Patriarchy Does NOT Know Best
March 8, 2011 by Zareen Taj As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Afghan women may have less to celebrate and more to fear–at least if a proposed law to bring women’s shelters under government...
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Refugees43 million refugees, a billion in abject poverty, the facts on asylum seekers & refugees and Australia’s shameful record
by Gerry Georgatos At least 43 million people displaced. At least 16 million refugees. Only 800,000 Asylum Seeker applications per year. Millions have not been counted. Millions are trapped. If you are a Hazara in...
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ArtAfghan regimes have had this policy to destroy all historic symbols of Hazaras
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt – UNESCO By Andrea Lunt The smaller Buddha of Bamiyan before (left picture) and after destruction (right).UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11, 2011 (IPS) – Afghanistan’s historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by...
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VideosAustralian Hazara meeting with Ministers and Senators at Canberra regarding childrens in Australian detention
Stop children in detention GetUp! with the help of members, sent a delegation of refugees to Canberra to meet with Ministers to tell their stories. www.getup.org.au
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RefugeesSupporters’ vigil for young asylum seeker
Friday 11 March 2011 CAMPAIGNERS staged a vigil outside Sheffield Town Hall in support of young asylum seeker who is due to be deported to Afghanistan – a country he has never been to. Reza...
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DiscriminationSymbolic protest of Hazara People in Bamiyan: Donkeys have better service than Afghan officials
Why the international aid community and the Afghan government spend millions of dollars in provinces where poppies, the drug business, terrorists and the Taliban flourish. Why do they not help the peaceful Bamiyan or Daikondi...
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News2,777 civilians killed in Afghanistan in 2010
KABUL, March 9 (Xinhua) — Civilians killed in Afghanistan jumped 15 percent to 2,777 in 2010 from a year earlier, a joint report by Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and UN Assistance Mission for...
By Hazara International