The war in Afghanistan obviously isn't going well. Depressing critiques from all quarters underscore Afghanistan's appalling poverty, warlordism, religious conservatism, corruption, poppy fields ...

Culturally and historically, most ethnic groups, including the Pashtuns, the largest tribe, see the Hazaras as “outsiders,” the descendants of the invading armies.

Hazaras' strong showing is concerning to majority Pashtuns – many of whom couldn't get to the polls because of insecurity – and casts doubt on how fair the election was.

My family is afraid when we go to the mosque," said 23-year-old Rahimi, an ethnic Hazara ... are considered the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan behind the Pashtuns and Tajiks. ...

When a second explosion leveled the market on Feb. 16, Hazara leaders began to talk of self-protection and raising a security force of their own. "Very soon we will have our own people at the ...

News; Military; Afghan Hazaras being killed at school, play, even at birth June 11, 2021 Updated Fri., June 11, 2021 at 10:34 p.m. Updated Fri., June 11, 2021 at 10: ...

The fighting is tinged by ethnic tensions as many Taliban leaders and cadres are ethnic Pashtuns. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, comprising nearly half of the country’s ...

Pashtun leaders worry about how their own students are faring even as Hazaras excel, and some even fret whether rising Hazara influence could lead to the largely Shiite Iran having greater sway ...

Ethnic tensions between Hazaras and Pashtuns, the largest community in Afghanistan, date back centuries. Although there is no census, Shi'a are believed to make up around 15 percent of Afghanistan ...

An assassination attempt this week highlights a divide between Pashtuns and the Northern Alliance. ... trying to stop them from killing him. The Hazaras were asking us for 2,000 to 3,000 lakhs ...

The Hazara are believed to account for 19 percent of Afghanistan's population, placing them behind only the ethnic Pashtun (38 percent) and Tajiks (25 percent) in the order of dominant ethnic ...