NEWS :   2002 - 2004 (current)

Archived News: 2001 and before

Hazara Student Federation ( HSF ) rally, Quetta ( June 16 )

Hazara run School closed in Jaghori (Ghazni) by the Karzai Govt - URGENT ACTION REQUESTED

Remembering 9-11: A Message of Solidarity from the Hazaras of Afghanistan and the World

• One Year Ago ...

Mass Grave of Hazaras found - Oct 9, 2002

Remembering 9-11: A Message of Solidarity from the Hazaras of Afghanistan and the World -   ( new )
Sept 10, 2002

Anniversary of Baba Mazari - April 27, 2002
Martyred Baba Abdul Ali Mazari's seventh death anniversary was observed with full devotion and reverence all over the world including in Kabul where hundreds of thousands people attended on March 13, 2002. On this occasion, a large gathering was also held in Quetta City to mark death anniversary of Baba Abdul Ali Mazari where various leaders of Hazaras belonging
to Harazara Students Federation, Shaheed Mazarai House and Ittehad-e-Milli delivered their speeches and the following resolutions were approved by the crowd collectively.

Karzai sworn in as president of Afghansitan - June 19, 2002

Reality of Afghan Kochees - May 5, 2002
For over two centuries, the Pushtun rulers of Afghanistan played the Kochee card (Pushtun Nomads) in inflating their population to gain political benefits in Afghanistan.

This document provides a factual analysis of the reality of the Pushtun nomads known as the Kochees.

Anniversary of Baba Mazari - April 27, 2002
Martyred Baba Abdul Ali Mazari's seventh death anniversary was observed with full devotion and reverence all over the world including in Kabul where hundreds of thousands people attended on March 13, 2002. On this occasion, a large gathering was also held in Quetta City to mark death anniversary of Baba Abdul Ali Mazari where various leaders of Hazaras belonging
to Harazara Students Federation, Shaheed Mazarai House and Ittehad-e-Milli delivered their speeches and the following resolutions were approved by the crowd collectively.

Afghan Quake kills 2000 - Casualties as high as 5000 - Mar 26, 2002
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan officials have said that an accurate death count may be weeks away after a devastating earthquake in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, where early reports indicated the town of Nahrin may have been destroyed.

Taleban Foreign minister, Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil surrenders - Feb 9, 2002

15 kids in suicide pact : 370 Afghans on hunger strike in Australia - Jan 29, 2002
SYDNEY, Jan 28: Fifteen children and youths at the Woomera Detention Centre in South Australia have made a pact to commit suicide while more than 200 asylum seekers at four of Australia's five detention centres remain on hunger strike as the crisis enters its second week.

More Asylum Seekers join hunger strike - Jan 28, 2002.
The immigration department said 162 men, 14 women and five children, mostly Afghans, were refusing to eat for a 12th day at the Woomera Detention Centre in southern Australia, although a lawyer representing them said on Sunday the figure had swelled to 370.

Hazaras survive on aid - Jan 24, 2002
Widespread burning and looting of areas[ by Taleban] in the centre of the highlands of Afghanistan took away the Hazaras' means of livelihoods.

Taleban Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef,  detained by US - Jan 5, 2002
But the Taleban's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has escaped from his hideout in southern Afghanistan on a motorbike, according to an Afghan official.

Taleban intelligence chief reported killed - Jan 3, 2002
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2: The former chief of the intelligence department during the Taliban rule, Qari Ahmedullah, was killed by US air strikes in Paktika province last month, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said on Wednesday.

These governments are the only ones that could possibly influence the Taliban NOT to destroy the statues. Please contact them to express your opinion and ask them to SAVE THE STATUES OF BAMYAN.

A Profile on Bamyan Civilization has more information on the history of these world treasures.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Report - Massacre of Hazaras by
Taliban in Yakawlong Jan 2001 and Robatak Pass May 2000:

- Taliban massacres 660 innocent civilians in Yakawlang - Jan 30, 2001
- Yakawlang Liberated by Hazara forces - Jan 22, 2001.
- UN Slaps arms, other sanctions against Taliban Dec 20, 2000
- Forced Bood Drawing and Organ Removal of Innocent Civilians in Mazar Sharif
- Statement on the brutal killing of UN Employees
- Report on drought conditions in Hazarajat
- Progress report on food supply situation from Dara Suf Hazarajat,  7th Aug 2000

BBC Interview on Hazaras - Real Audio - Nov 15

Analysis: Afghanistan's tribal groups - Nov 15, 2001 by Daniel Lak , BBC.

Milo Drug Rehab Center on BBC

Washington Post (USA) features Hazara youth Art work - Nov 30, 2003.
The compelling story of how Afghan children, while refugees in a camp in Quetta, Pakistan found a 1998 Ranger Rick magazine article about River of Words art and poetry contest and began a relationship where pain and beauty was communicated through artwork ...

Mass graves found in Bamiyan,  Afghanistan - April 7, 2002
Three mass graves have been found in the central Afghan region of Bamiyan, a UN spokesman has said.
The UN has been told the graves are thought to contain bodies of members of the local Hazara community killed before the fall of the Taleban late last year, spokesman Mano de Almeida e Silva said.

$6 million assistance provided to Hazara farmers by Food and Agriculture Organization under UN - 6 October 2003 Rome -- More than 430 000 farmers in the mountains of the Hazarajat, one of the poorest regions of Afghanistan, will receive assistance over the next four years through a major development project, FAO said in a statement today. -

The  Reconstruction of Bamyan Buddhas
The Afghanistan Institute & Museum, Bubendorf (Switzerland) and the New7Wonders Society & Foundation, Zurich (Switzerland) have launched a campaign to reconstruct the Buddhas at original shape, size and place.

Bamyan Buddhas to be restored - Dec 30, 2001
The Afghan Government has said it plans to rebuild the historic giant statues of Buddha at Bamiyan destroyed by the Taleban.

Al-Ahram Weekly, Egypt interviews Hizb Wahdat
In an e- mail interview with Hizb-i Wahdat commander Haji Mohamed Mohaqiq before the takeover of Kabul, Mohaqiq told the Weekly that ethnic Hazara have faced atrocities throughout history. "Our people didn't commit any crime except being ethnic Hazara and following the Shi'a sect. In the 21st century, is this really a crime?" Noting that Hazara are the most repressed minority, Mohaqiq added: "All of them want to kill us first, because they think that by killing us they will go to heaven."

 "We and Our Future" - Hazara Student Federation, Quetta, Pakistan.
A national seminar under the title of "we and our future" held by Hazara Student Federation in view of rapid political changes in region at Tajai Kho Complex Quetta on Nov 11, 2001.

Real Video on Hazaras - Bamyan - Nov 16, 2001

Analysis: Afghanistan's tribal groups - Nov 15, 2001

BBC Interview on Hazaras - Real Audio - Nov 15

Renowned Hazara female social worker, Dr. Seema wants share in future set-up - Nov 15
"Women are half the country's population and could not be left out from the government".

A thousand-strong force from Hazaras march on Kabul -
BBC - Nov 15
The Hazaras, who form about 20% of the population, say they want to protect the Hazara community of the city and will only enter Kabul in co-operation with the Northern Alliance.