• When They Leave: The Fate of Hazaras in Afghanistan

    By Melissa Chiovenda I clearly remember one of my first conversations concerning international military involvement in Afghanistan. It was 2011, and I was an anthropology PhD student conducting initial fieldwork on Hazara ethnic identity in the...

  • Living in the shadows: A Hazara man finds solace in poetry

    By Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Ali Baba Taj. –Photo provided by the writer Quetta was once a beautiful garrison town with a thriving culture. Now, many of its residents do not even recognise its former self....

  • Policeman, 2 Hazaras killed in Quetta firing

    By Syed Ali Shah Men mourn the death of a relative, who was killed with two others by unidentified gunmen on July 6. A policemen and two others were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire...

  • Taliban Killed 30 Hazara Policemen

    By Zafer Shayan According to the latest reports, 30 local Hazara policemen have been killed and beheaded in Jalrez District of Wardak Province in Afghanistan. This tragedy happened when the Taliban attacked on security checkpoints...

  • The Epitome of Madness

    By Ali Bator Only about 600,000 Hazaras live in Quetta Pakistan. They constitute only 0.33% of the Pakistan’s 182 million populations. According to the Hazara Democratic Party, just in the last 15 years about 1500...

  • Latest Taliban Kidnaping includes Two Women and a Child

    By Mohemed Rizaee On June 8, 2015, the Taliban kidnapped four more Hazaras from Rasana. Rasana is small Pashtun populated area which is located in Gelan district, and it is controlled mostly by the Taliban....

  • It Is War Against The Hazaras In Quetta

    By The Citizen Bureau Unknown gunmen killed five people belonging to Pakistan’s minority Hazara community, as they opened fire in Quetta’s Bacha Khan Chowk area on Sunday evening. Police said that the assailants escaped the...

  • Five Hazaras gunned down in Quetta

    By Mohammad Zafar At least five people belonging to the Hazara community were gunned down in Quetta’s Circular Road area near Meezab Chowk Sunday evening. Unidentified armed men on two motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on the...

  • Hazaras protest against killings

    The Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) has criticised the government and security forces for what it called their slack attitude in arresting the terrorists involved in targeted killings of the members of Hazara community. A large...

  • Two more Hazaras gunned down in Quetta

    By Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: Days after armed men gunned down three members of the Hazara community, two more Hazaras were shot dead near Meezan Chowk on Wednesday. City SHO Chudhry Aslam told The Express Tribune that unknown armed...