Persecution of Hazaras

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The Hazaras have been the subject of ethnic and religious persecution in Afghanistan for hundreds of years. In the late 1880s and early 1890s, the Hazara genocide was the massacre, enslavement and forced displacement of a significant portion of Hazaras, with some estimates suggesting that up to sixty percent of the Hazara population was affected, though these figures are disputed due to the absence of reliable contemporary census data. In the 20th and 21st centuries, they have also been the victims of massacres committed by the forces of Ahmad Shah Massoud‘s Islamic State of Afghanistan, the Taliban, Afghanistan's Khalqist regime, and al-Qaeda. Hazaras have been systemically killed and discriminated against socially, economically, and culturally with specific intent, argued by some to constitute genocide. The Hazaras primarily come from the central regions of Afghanistan, known as Hazarajat. Significant communities of Hazara people also live in Quetta, Pakistan and in Mashad, Iran, as...

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