by Amjad Hussain (Journalist) Australia – April 18, 2015 | Photo Courtesy: Roohullah Farhang / Karim Yari The abduction of 31 Hazara passengers from Zabul province of Afghanistan on February 23 has become an enigma as the kidnappers and their demands are still unknown and the Afghan government has failed to track down the […]
Australia – April 13, 2015 | by Amjad Hussain (Journalist) The protest demonstration organized by the Australian Hazara Federation held as is described by one of the organization’s leader in Sydney on the advice of World Hazara Council and a few Afghan Hazara youth activists is now over. The event had been organized to […]
by Amjad Hussain (Journalist) Australia – April 3, 2015 | Courtesy: Tolo News / Family of one of the kidnapped Hazaras Australian Hazara Federation, a so-called representative organization of Hazaras in Australia, has announced a country-wide protest next Saturday, the 11th April 2015, against the non-recovery of 30 Hazara men who were abducted on February […]
Kabul, Afghanistan – Mar 13, 2015 | A Hazara teacher was named among the Top 10 finalist for the ‘Best Global Teacher’ award. Ustad (teacher) Aziz Royesh, locally known by Hazaras as Mualim (teacher) Aziz, is the principal of Marefat High School in Kabul’s Hazara locality of Dashte-Barchi. Frances D’Souza, Speaker of the UK’s House […]
Kabul, Afghanistan – March 17, 2015 | by Akram Gizabi The Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has named a Hazara student, Mohammad Qasim, as the highest scorer in 2015 Kankor Examination. Mohammad Qasem scored 354 out of possible 360 marks from among 219,145 students. Mohammad Qasem Mohammadi was born in 1370 (1991) in Dahane Ghori […]
Last Updated – March 18 | NOTE: We are tracking this story closely and will post updates as it becomes available Map courtesy: EMapsWorld / Herat – Farah Province Main Tracking Page – Hazara Kidnappings in Afghanistan Update As of Mar 18: TOLO: Another 6 Hazara Passengers Abducted from Herat-Farah Highway – Mar […]
Last Updated – March 18 | Map courtesy: Daily Afghanistan / Ghazni Province Main Tracking Page – Hazara Kidnappings in Afghanistan Ghazni – March 15, 2015: Unidentified terrorists carried out second kidnapping of Hazaras passengers between Jaghuri and Ghazni city. This is the second kidnapping in three weeks. According to Reuters, nine were released and one […]
March 11, 2015: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered release of Photo Journalist Najibullah Musafer Kabul, Afghanistan – Feb 28, 2015 Renowned Afghan photo-journalist, Najibullah Musafer – dubbed as ‘father of Afghan Photography’ – has been jailed over ‘Copyright Violation’ for six (6) months by the administration of President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. According to Afghan Human […]
Last Updated: May 11, 2015 | We are tracking this story closely and will post updates as it becomes available Main Tracking Page – Hazara Kidnappings in Afghanistan Update As of May 11, 2015: TOLO: 19 of 31 kidnapped has been released – President Ashraf Ghani – May 11 President Ghani: “31 […]
Feb 11, 2015 | Main page for Hazara Massacre in Afshar On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Afshar massacre in Kabul several hundred people took part in a ceremony remembering the victims. Relatives of the victims including women, men and children as well as members of […]