after heavy fighting in Bamiyan. On December 28, 2000, Hizb-i Wahdat and Harakat-i Islami forces again occupied Yakaolang. The few Taliban defenders fled. 6 2 The term Hazara, as used in this ...

Imagine the heart of Central Asia, a land carved by towering, jagged mountains that hug hidden valleys, where whispers of ...

Back in Bamiyan, trouble was brewing. After several failed attempts to conquer the province, Taliban forces cut deals with Tajik and Hazara military leaders and marched in unopposed in September 1998.

The jihadists have repeatedly targeted the historically persecuted Shiite Hazara community, considering them heretics. Hazaras make up the majority of the population in Bamiyan province ...

The Bamiyan region is majority inhabited by members of the Hazara Shiite community. The historically persecuted religious minority has been repeatedly targeted by the Islamic State (IS ...

Many of Pakistan’s top female karate players are from the Hazara ethnic minority. The community has endured decades of persecution and targeted bomb attacks. One of the deadliest was in 2013 ...

Afghan refugee Najeeba Wazefadost and her family fled the Taliban's genocidal massacres of the Hazara ethnic minority ... Youth Support Officer with the Bamiyan Association and is an ambassador ...