by Muhammad Zia Sultani, social activist Hazaras have been subjected to unfairness, violence, persecution and mass killing in the past one and half century. They have always been the targets due to their beliefs and more importantly their ethnicity. On the other hand, oppressions on them have always remained ambiguous and controversial according to the [...]
Updated note/ 28.04.2011: Karzai and his fundamental team still try to change the election results in Ghazni. They do want to limit the Hazaras political rights. By Kamran Mir Hazar Updated Note/ 12.01.2010 : AIEC confirmed that all 11 seats in Ghazni province have been won by members of the Hazara ethnic group. But still [...]
From: The Desk of Fahim Khairy Date: November 27, 2010 Afghanistan is going through a second round of parliamentary elections in the past almost 10 years of a democratic regime following the Taliban removal. The first election was bad and the second is ugly and a bit of a civil war sign. President Karzai rejected [...]
Liaquat Ali Hazara, Nov 25, 2010 The much awaited result of the recent parliamentary elections has been announced by the Independent Election Commission amid fears of deteriorating law and order and clashes between the Hazaras and the Pashtun. The parliamentary election was held on 18th September, 2010 which churned out mass protests and demonstrations in [...]
Liaquat Ali Hazara, Nov 14, 2010 The collapse of the Taliban in 2001 persuaded the Afghan nationals to rejoice and celebrate as they wished to take the reign of the government in their hands. The Taliban, on the other hand, tried to destabilize the entire country in forms of guerrilla wars, ambush, assaults, kidnapping and [...]
Manila Bulletin – Monday, November 8, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – Afghanistan’s most repressed ethnic group, the Hazaras, have used their vote in recent parliamentary elections to win themselves a political voice that could change their fate. Throughout the war-shattered country’s history, Hazaras have occupied the bottom rung of society, and as Shia Muslims in [...]
Agence France-Presse Afghanistan’s most repressed ethnic group, the Hazaras, have used their vote in recent parliamentary elections to win themselves a political voice that could change their fate. Throughout the war-shattered country’s history, Hazaras have occupied the bottom rung of society, and as Shia Muslims in a country dominated by Sunnis were brutalised by a [...]
Martine van Bijlert, 02-10-2010: Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, as is by now well-known, is seriously pulled out of balance by fraud, insecurity and an unusual variation of the Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV), an electoral system that is prone to erratic outcomes. This has been played out rather illustratively in Uruzgan, where a small and secure corner [...]
Liaquat Ali Hazara, September 26, 2010: The Parliamentary Election of 18th September, 2010 in Afghanistan was thought to be a harbinger of positive socio-political change in Afghanistan’s multi-ethnic scenario as various concerned quarters, NGOs, CBOs, international donors and aid agencies were gleefully making huge preparations to mobilize the masses to vote amid repetitive life threats [...]
Nushin Arbabzadah, 25 September 2010: Last week’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan revealed a society in transition, displaying signs of genuine democratic progress as well its opposite: persistent sociopolitical stagnation. But progress and backlash against it have traditionally co-existed in Afghanistan, so the elections represent continuity rather than change. With an electorate that is largely illiterate, [...]
