Courtesy: BBC Urdu Journalist and news analyst, Sadeeq, talks with BBC’s Amber Khairi on the target killings of Shias and Hazaras in Balochistan. According to Mr. Sadeeq, the daily sectarian attacks has put a complete siege of the Hazaras community in Balochistan. Link: [ Audio in Urdu language ]
An Hazara girl practicing her martial arts with a sword at a Wushu (a form of Kung Fu) training club in Injil, Herat province in Afghanistan. Courtesy: “Proud Afghan” @ FB
Quetta: Al-Qaida affiliated terrorist attack kills another 4 Hazaras – Oct 16, 2012 Terrorists attacked and killed 4 Hazaras on Tuesday morning at a Kabadi store (used items store) on Sirki Road. As always is the case, they were reported to have left in no hurry on motor cycles. Photo courtesy: Mukhtar Ali Jaffari – Dawn – BBC […]
Abdul Khaliq Hazara, Chairman Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) speaking via video Quick Facts: Title: Conference on Hazara Genocide Date: Nov 19, 2012 Organizers: Hazara Progressive Alliance (HPA), Hazara Organization for Peace and Equality (HOPE), Friends of Hazaras, UK (FOH) Attendance: Over 14 MPs and one member of House of Lords, Over 140 Hazaras […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saira Batool – One of the First 4 Female Fighter Pilots in Pakistan (courtesy: Abbas Wafa) PAKISTAN welcomed its first female pilots into the country’s air force yesterday, breaking into the all-male front-line bastion of its armed forces. Saba Khan, Nadia Gul, Mariam Khalil and Saira Batool were among 36 […]
Dr. Habiba Sarabi, an ethnic Hazara, is the governor of Bamiyan province – home of the giant buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban thugs. She was appointed as the first female governor in Afghanistan in 2008. More on Habiba Sarabi: Wikipedia Heroes of Environment (2008) Habiba Sarabi, Governor of Bamiyan A first for Afghan Women: […]
Ishaq Mohammadi – Mar 4, 1999 | Afghanistan is called the heart of Asia, while Bamyan is the heart of Afghanistan due to its rich cultural civilizations and even for its important geographical location. In the ancient times Bamyan was the nearest link road between Central Asia and the Subcontinent. Bamyan has been mentioned in Chinese […]