Source: SBS Dateline, Australia In a television first on Dateline, an asylum seeker films his own desperate attempt to reachAustralia by boat. Afghan Hazara Batoor records a perilous journey as a boat packed with more than 90 people starts to take water off the Indonesian coast. Batoor records panicked calls for help from fellow Afghans on the […]
This page documents cases of Hazara slavery following 1890’s genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan. An estimated 60% of Hazara population was exterminated during the 1890’s genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan. During and after the genocide, Hazaras lands were confiscated and distributed to the Pashtuns (including the Pushtun Nomads known as Kuchis), and tens of thousands of […]
A bus carrying Shia pilgrims coming from Taftan (border to Iran – the country which has several revered Shia religious sites) was targeted in the terrorist infested town of Mastung near Quetta, the provincial capital of restive Balochistan province in Pakistan. The attack happened despite an armed escort with 6-security personnel following the bus in […]
The boat was carrying between 250 to 380 passengers – 4 times the capacity – from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Over 200 feared drowned; 70 passengers from Quetta, 18 survived, close to 50 reported missing. HRCP demands urgent Govt action after Indonesia boat tragedy In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] Note to the Reader: The information presented in Volume 8 is not complete. The partial information is presented here for our readers. Admin, hazara.net / Feb 4, 2004 ~~~~~ News.D.No. 158 F. No.1390, dated Quetta, the 29th March 1897. From-H.S.Barnes, Esq., Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] News.D.No.61 F. No. 344-C., dated Sibi, the 12th February 1895. From-Major-General Sir James Browne, K.C.S.I., C.B.,R.E.,Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. News-letter.No.1. Copy of letter from Saiyad Delawar Ali Shah* , 1st February 1895. 4. I visited the principal mosque […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] News.D.No.29 F. No.26 F.C.,dated Camp Jacobabad, the 14th January 1893. From-Major-General Sir James Browne, C.B.,K.C.S.I., R.E.,Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. News-letter No.1, By Khan Bahadur Mirza Muhammad Taki Khan, 6th January 1893. 4. It is reported that the son […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] News. D.No. 362 F. No. 5194, dated Quetta, the 26th August 1892. From-Major-General Sir James Browne, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E.,Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. News-letter No. 34, By Khan Bahadur Mirza Muhammad Takki Khan, 20th August 1892. 5. Mauladad Khan, […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] News. D.No. 267 F. No.3735, dated Quetta, the 30th June 1892. From-Major-General Sir James Browne, K.C.S.I., C.B., R.E., Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. News-letter No. 26, By Khan Bahadur Mirza Muahmmad Takki Khan, 25th June 1892. 8. The Governor […]
[ Back to Diaries of Kandahar ] News. D.No. 198 F. No.2806, dated Quetta, the 14th May 1892. From-Major-General Sir J. Browne, K.C.S.I.,C.B., R.E., Agent to the governor-general in Baluchistan, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department. News-letter No, 19. By Khan Bahadur Mirza Muhammad Taki Khan, 7th May 1892. The Amir has written […]