Why Afghanistan’s Hazara Won’t Stop Marching
Global Voices: Last week thousands of ethnic Hazaras held demonstrations in various parts of the world to protest against a proposal to change the planned route for a new electricity transmission line Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP). Hazaras, who may number anywhere between 10 and 20% of Afghanistan’s total population (no official census has ever been conducted) endured more persecution