Hazaras

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Hazaras are an ethnic group primarily residing in the Hazarajat (Hazaristan) region in central Afghanistan. They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Hazaras also form significant minority communities in Pakistan, mainly in Quetta, and in Iran, primarily in Mashhad. They speak Dari and Hazaragi dialects of Persian. Between 1888 and 1893, more than half of the Hazara population was massacred under the Emirate of Afghanistan in the Hazara genocide, and they have faced persecution at various times over the past decades. Widespread ethnic discrimination, religious persecution, organized attacks by terrorist groups, harassment, and arbitrary arrest for various reasons have affected Hazaras. There have been numerous cases of abduction and torture of Hazara women, land and home seizures, deliberate economic restrictions, economic marginalization of the Hazara region and appropriation of Hazara agricultural fields and pastures by Afghan governments, leading to their forced displacement...

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