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The Hazaras: An Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

31st July, 2025 · admin

New Lines Institute: Since the Taliban takeover, Shia-Hazaras have faced escalating violence affecting places of worship, schools, workplaces, and daily life. They are excluded from the Taliban’s government and are subjected to systemic economic marginalization and widespread religious discrimination. Terrorist attacks and mass killings targeting the community have become more commonplace. In the three years

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrimination, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Taliban war on shiites |
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US State Dept Report: Religious minorities in Afghanistan face extensive violence and discrimination

28th June, 2024 · admin

Khaama: It emphasizes that the Taliban failed to protect places of worship in Afghanistan over the past year. The State Department’s annual report also mentions the declining Sikh and Hindu populations, attacks on Shia mosques, and assaults on Hazaras. It cites historical events, including the killing of a Salafi cleric in Kapisa in 2023, prompting

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Religious minorities in Afghanistan, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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The Plight of Hazaras Under the Taliban Government

25th January, 2024 · admin

The Diplomat: Undeniably, all communities in Afghanistan have suffered tremendously, but the Hazara minority has suffered disproportionately because of its distinct ethnic and religious identity. As an ethnoreligious minority, the Hazaras of Afghanistan have endured a long history of discrimination and systematic persecution. The Hazara community has suffered from enslavement, mass killings, and forced displacement

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Taliban war on shiites |
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Bomb Hits Minibus in Kabul, Killing 2 Afghan Civilians

7th January, 2024 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News January 6, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The attack occurred in the city’s western Dasht-e-Barchi Shiite Muslim neighborhood. Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban-led Kabul police, confirmed the casualties, saying the

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Kabul, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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Hazara Community under Taliban Rule: 13 Lives Lost in One Month in Herat Province

4th December, 2023 · admin

8am: In the last two years, the Taliban have consistently asserted the establishment of comprehensive security across Afghanistan. Despite this claim, the group has not only carried out targeted killings of former government security forces and political opponents but has also orchestrated numerous attacks against Hazara Shia positions, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Recently, Herat

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: genocide, Hazaras, Herat, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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Targeted Massacre of Hazaras in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan Sparks Protests in Jebraiel Area of Herat City

1st December, 2023 · admin

8am: Unidentified gunmen struck around 3:00 PM on Friday, December 1, opening fire on the occupants of a rickshaw in the “Korra Milli” area in Jebraiel township, located in District 13 of Herat. As a result of this brutal attack, two Shiite religious scholars and four women lost their lives, with three others sustaining injuries.

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Herat, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Security Failure |
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The Massacre of Hazaras in Oruzgan; Ethnic Prejudice and Land Grab Politics

27th September, 2023 · admin

8am: 130 years ago, on September 25, 1893, Amir Abdul Rahman Khan, the then King of Afghanistan, issued an order to massacre the Hazaras of Uruzgan Province and its suburbs. “When the Hazara tribe’s acts of rebellion, including residents from Daia and Folad, Zawoli, Sultan Ahmad, and other regions, escalated to the point where all

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, History, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: ethnic cleansing, Hazaras, King Abdur Rahman, Land grabbing, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Pashtunization, Uruzgan |
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Afghanistan’s Shi’ite Minority Suffers ‘Systematic Discrimination’ Under Taliban Rule

17th July, 2023 · admin

Abubakar Siddique Mansoor Khosrow Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 17, 2023 When the Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghanistan’s Shi’ite Hazara minority feared that the historically persecuted community would once again become the main target of Taliban atrocities. During its first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban terrorized the group, wresting control

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Descrimination, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Shiites, Taliban war on shiites |
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Taliban Forcefully Displace Hazara Inhabitants of a Village in Sar-E-Pul, Reports

7th March, 2023 · admin

8am: According to reports from local sources, the Taliban have recently taken over a village in Sar-e-Pul province, where the inhabitants are mainly from the Hazara community. The Taliban reportedly forced these Hazara residents to leave their homes and evacuate the village. In addition to the forced evacuation, the Taliban have also imposed a fine

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Pashtunization, Sar-e-Pol |
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Hazaras are Expected to Support Taliban Security Forces: Sirajuddin Haqqani

10th February, 2023 · admin

Khaama: With the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, the circumstances became further more challenging for the Hazara community. Like every other ethnic group including Tajik, Uzbek, and Turkmen, Hazaras have been excluded from participating in key government positions.  Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Pashtun war on Hazaras |
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