Afghan government's neglect forcing Hazaras to live in 2000-year old caves

Bamiyan, Hazarajat (Dec, 2016): Kabul government’s neglect is forcing the homeless Hazara residents to live in the archaeologically significant caves of the 2000-year old Bamiyan Buddha statues — a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Bamiyan Buddhas — located in the ancestral home of Hazara in Hazarajat — are two of the archaeological treasures of Afghanistan. The hundreds of caves — used by Buddhist monks some 2000 years ago — have history in the forms of paintings that has been preserved through time.

Recently, it has come to light that NATO has poured at least $110 Billion dollars aid in Afghanistan. Neither NATO, nor the Afghan Government it supports, can show that even 1% of that money was spent in 20% plus Hazarajat region.

Related:
- Homeless Hazaras living in 2000 year old caves of Bamyan Buddhas’ statues (2014)
- Bamiyan Silk Road Festival (2013)

The Pashtun-dominated Afghan government has a century-long history of intense persecution and marginalization of the Hazaras.

Attention Citizen Journalists in Bamiyan

Hazara.net would like to do a major feature on residents that are forced to live in Bamiyan’s caves and the people responsible for the neglect in protecting our cultural and historical treasure.

Who are the families living in caves?
Why are they living in caves?
What has the Hazara government(s) in Bamiyan or the Hazara leaders in Kabul government done to try to resolve this issue and to protect the Buddha site and caves?
What has the Kabul government done to solve this issue?
What has the UN done to protect the site but failed?
What will resolve this issue?

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