Reports from Afghanistan say five civilians travelling in a bus in the eastern province of Ghazni have been shot dead. Provincial officials said Taliban militants stopped the bus on October 26 in the Andar district,...
by Kristian Silva The protest was organised to mark the 11th anniversary since the sinking of regfugee boat SIEV X. Photo: Justin McManus PROTESTERS marched through Melbourne yesterday to call on the federal government to...
by KATHY GANNON QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam’s holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others die in a suicide attack...
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, October 18, 12:09 PM QUETTA, Pakistan — As he knelt in prayer to mark one of Islam’s holiest days, Ali Raza Qurban saw a childhood friend and dozens of others...
Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead four people from the Hazara People community in the Pakistani city of Quetta, police say. No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which police say bears all the hallmarks...
Senator BOYCE (Queensland) (19:26): In the world of refugees there are many deserving causes, but perhaps none more than that of the Hazara people of Afghanistan, who, through no fault of their own, survive persecution...
The Hazaras not deterred by tougher immigration laws Photo archive TONY EASTLEY: More than 500 asylum seekers arrived in Australia over the weekend and in Afghanistan ethnic Hazaras have told the ABC that tougher immigration...
by Niamatullah Ibrahimi 1. Introduction In recent years, Hazara ethnic consciousness is believed to have developed sharply. The process is said to have arisen with the start of the 1978 war in Afghanistan and the...
by Melissa Chiovenda A killing in Bamyan Province highlights the difficulty that Afghanistan is having in trying to find a new societal balancing point. Despite Afghanistan’s overall troubles, things had been going relatively well in...
By Dr Saleem Javed On October 4, a Hazara public official Sikander Ali was killed and two other men were injured in an attack on their vehicle on the National Highway near Kuchlak. Days later,...