The Hazara Wars The probability of ethnonationalist conflict increases with the number of prior conflicts fought in the name of the same ethnic group.1 Historically, there have been two opposing political and societal forces functioning in Afghanistan, the “urban modernists” seeking to create a modern nation-state and the “rural traditionalists” who prefer to avoid central [...]
At least 21 passengers including Hazara were killed when a bus veered off the road in southern Afghanistan Monday. The accident happened in the southern province of Kandahar, on the highway from Kabul to the provincial capital Kandahar city. AP Photo
A photograph of a Hazara soldier Asadullah, 21, killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Helmand province, is decorated with a plastic flower garland as it hangs over the main entrance to his brother’s house in Kabul on July 24, 2010. In the past week, a major conference in Kabul endorsed a 2014 target [...]
