Sectarian killings have been mostly targeted against Hazara Shias, who came to Balochistan decades ago from Afghanistan and Iran. Police and counter-terrorism officials say that anti-Shia militant groups such as Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...
Hazara people: Same as Afghanistan, dozens of Hazara people were targeted and killed by Pashtun Taliban in Pakistan. A new report released by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says dozens of Hazara people were killed...
Pashtun Taliban have been blocked the roads in Ghazni province where Hazara people live. Local people and drivers say that Taliban have distributed a letter threatened people to do not pass Jaghori- Gharabagh road. Ghazni:...
The Hazara Wars SETTING ORUZGAN’S VIOLENT STAGE The probability of ethnonationalist conflict increases with the number of prior conflicts fought in the name of the same ethnic group.1 Historically, there have been two opposing political...
By Emmanuel Duparcq (AFP) YAKAWLANG, Afghanistan — Ibrahim still has vivid nightmares about the slaughter on the morning of January 11, 2001 that he miraculously escaped. Pumped up by victory after seizing control of Ibrahim’s...
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...
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...
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...
Photo from Haji Oruzgani8 March 2011 – Hundreds of women carrying banners with “We Want Justice” written in Dari today urged provincial officials to make life better for women in Dai Kundi, where the United...