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13 Hazaras including 17-year-old girl among people killed in August: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] October 5 (ANI): Amid the Taliban's "ethnic cleansing" bid, a new investigation by Amnesty International revealed that 13 Hazaras, including nine former government soldiers and a 17-year-old girl were among the Afghans executed by the group on August 30.
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Taliban resort to 'ethnic cleansing' in several provinces
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): The Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan last month, have "started ethnic and tribal cleansing" in several provinces of the country even as Afghans face an escalating humanitarian crisis, reports said.
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China positioning itself as international partner to Taliban in temptation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): China is clearly positioning itself to be a major international partner to the Taliban after the fall of Kabul as it is eyeing Afghanistan's USD 1-2 trillion worth of rare Earth materials -- most notably lithium.
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Taliban blows up slain Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari's statue in Bamiyan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): The Taliban have blown up slain Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari's statue in Bamiyan, a grim reminder of the destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas during its previous tenure.
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Shias, Hazaras apprehensive as Taliban gain stronghold in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], July 19 (ANI): The members of the Shia and Hazara community have concerns with the recent developments in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the war-torn nation.
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Afghan human rights watchdog calls for probe by international body into ta
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): Relying on its assessments about some recent targeted attacks on the Hazara community, Afghanistan Human Rights Commission on Sunday reiterated that such attacks require comprehensive and deep investigation by an international team that should be picked by
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Pak-Afghan Hazara Shias become prime target of Sunni extremists
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 16 (ANI): Hazara Shias remain a prime target for various Sunni terrorist groups such as Taliban and Islamic state group in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In southwestern Pakistan, the Hazaras live in ethnic ghettos and little information filters out from this highly
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Hazara killings show Pakistani state failed to eliminate terrorist network
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): The targeted killings of 11 Hazaras coalminers in Mach on January 3 have brought an unpalatable fact to light: Pakistan is suffering the consequences of a deliberate policy of inciting, financing, training and equipping terrorists and jihadis.
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Hazaras continue to be targeted due to Pak's appeasement of anti-Shia mili
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): Eleven coal miners from Hazara community were killed in a brutal attack in Balochistan last month and the members of the community continue to be targeted due to Pakistan's appeasement of anti-Shia militancy.
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Pak Opposition leaders slam Imran Khan over 'blackmailing' accusation on H
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistani Opposition leaders have lambasted Prime Minister Imran Khan on his remarks, in which he accused the family members of the Hazara community of blackmailing him after they refused to bury the mortal remains of 11 coal miners, who were killed in the
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Imran Khan calling protesting Hazaras 'blackmailers' an insult to coal min
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Reacting sharply to Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments that the Hazara protesters were 'blackmailing' him, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) vice president Sherry Rehman said that his statement was 'an insult to the corpses of the slain coal miners'.
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Maryam Nawaz slams Imran Khan after PM calls protesting Hazaras 'blackmail
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Friday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan for not visiting the Shia Hazaras protesting against the killing of coal miners in Balochistan and for suggesting that the demonstrators
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