In the late 19th century, Pashtun ruler Abdur Rahman Khan sought to bring the Hazara people in their homeland of Hazarajat under his rule. He waged a brutal war against the community, ...

Khan’s men spared the population of southern Hazarajat when it bowed to his authority but continued to persecute tribal leaders in the north until 1893, murdering its menfolk and selling women ...

Our people, in our homeland of Hazarajat, were starving under the Taliban blockade. Hunger was universal. Only the luckiest had just about enough bread to eat. Anything more was an unworldly luxury.

III. BACKGROUND. Hazaras form a majority of the population in the central highland region of Afghanistan known as Hazarajat, and are a significant minority in the cities of Kabul and Mazar-i ...

The attack killed and injured 63 civilians including children, women, and elderly people and displaced hundreds of families, whose properties were plundered, destroyed, or burned by Taliban militias.

Afghanistan is one of those countries where minority issues drive nearly everything. They form the basis for why President Hamid Karzai is “the best game in town,” but also why he should resign. They ...

The region of Hazarajat, where the ethnic group primarily lives, was neglected by the government and historically had poor infrastructure, schools, and hospitals.

Until recently, the Hazarajat -- the central highland home of Afghanistan's impoverished Hazara community -- had no institutions of higher education. But a self-help effort to create the first ...

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KABUL 000064 SIPDIS SENSITIVE ...

Afghanistan is one of those countries where minority issues drive nearly everything. They form the basis for why President Hamid Karzai is “the best game in town,” but also why he should resign. They ...

Cablegate: Hazarajat Feeling Neglected Again; Acting Dai Thursday, 5 January 2006, 1:15 pm Cable: Wikileaks Ref: 06KABUL64. This record is a partial extract of the original cable.