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AustraliaThe curse of being a Hazara
by Ali Karimi Being a Hazara in Kandahar, Afghanistan An Indonesian Buddhist named Agustinus Wibowo who worked in Afghanistan for more than two years had a great deal of troubles for being mistaken for a...
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Human RightsAnother target killing: Hazara Olympic boxer Abrar Hussain was killed in Quetta
Police say armed men have shot and killed three-time Hazra Olympic boxer Abrar Hussain. Police officer Hamid Shakil says Hussain died after assailants shot him in the head while he was driving from his office...
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RefugeesUN, refugees say queue jumping ‘a myth’
Source: Auskar Surbakti, SBS There's about 7,000 asylum seekers being detained in Australia. (AAP) As the federal government’s refugee swap deal with Malaysia hangs in the balance, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ruled out sending...
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VideosA Hazara labor
A Hazara day labourer poses for the camera in Kabul's old quarter on June 8, 2011. Hazaras are Turkic people./ Photo by GETTY IMAGES
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DiscriminationWHAT AN OPEN LETTER FROM A TERRORIST GROUP LOOKS LIKE
The banned Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has reportedly published an open letter addressed to the Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan. The letter, reproduced and translated from Urdu below, is an example of the hate literature...
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NewsBeheading of Afghanistan politician seen as message from insurgents
By Laura King The beheaded remains are those of an official in Bamian, perhaps the most peaceful of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. The intelligence service condemns the slaying as part of a campaign to try to...
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NewsTaliban killed Bamiyan’s head of Provincial Council
by Ali Karimi As usual, all the hot news about Afghanistan breaks by my Facebook friends – way sooner than the big media like BBC Persian, TOLO, or newspapers or even bloggers. This time it...
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RefugeesMajority of Australians oppose Malaysian asylum-seeker swap plan
Steven Scott From: The Courier-Mail June 07, 2011 12:00AMCOMPARISONS: A Federal Government plan that would involve asylum seekers landing in Australia moved to Malaysia has sunk in a new poll. Picture: AP Source: AP ONLY...
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EuropeDr Sima Samar Receives Tipperary International Peace Award
Dr Sima Samar, chairwoman of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, was presented with the Dr. Sima SamarTipperary International Peace Award at Ballykisteen Hotel in Limerick Junction on Thursday last at a ceremony attended by...
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