Australian story: stranger on the shore

Australian story: stranger on the shore

ABC News Australia – 07/16/2013 | ‘I think she was sent to this planet to challenge me’ Jillian Symons, mother This week’s program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to ‘adopt’ a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker. Jaffar Ali arrived in […]

Four more Hazara men killed in Quetta Pakistan

Four more Hazara men killed in Quetta Pakistan

Developing Story – Updated: July 16, 2013 | AlQaeda affiliated terrorists killed 4 more unarmed Hazara civilians while injuring two others in Quetta, Pakistan. According to sources, 4 terrorists riding on motor cycles opened fire on a black SUV killing 4 Hazara occupants while wounding 2 others. The incident happened on a very busy Masjid […]

UK asked to help Pakistan combat extremist groups

Friday, July 12, 2013 | Source: The News LONDON: Vice Chair of the all-Parliamentary group Lord Avebury has called on the UK to help Pakistan in reforming its security and intelligence agencies to make them fit for purpose in order for them to act against banned terrorists groups, which kill Pakistanis on the basis of […]

Balochistan Dept Health Section Officer Janat Ali Hazara goes missing

Balochistan Dept Health Section Officer Janat Ali Hazara goes missing

Quetta – July 4, 2013 | A senior Hazara officer of the Balochistan Government has been reported missing, feared kidnapped from the most secured “red zone” in Quetta city on Thursday, July 4, 2013. According to sources, Department of Health’s section officer, Janat Ali Hazara, left home for his office in Civil Secretariat but never reported and […]

WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists

THE US EMBASSY CABLES – CONFIDENTIAL Source: The Guardian WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists  – Dec 5, 2010 Hillary Clinton memo highlights Gulf states’ failure to block funding for groups like al-Qaida , Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba Declan Walsh in Islamabad The Guardian, Sunday 5 December 2010 10.30 EST The terrorist Ajmal […]

Kalsoom Hazara – Martial Arts Champion

Kalsoom Hazara – Martial Arts Champion

Quetta – June 27, 2013 |   A few years ago, Martial Arts was solely a male dominated sports and the mere thought of a girl playing Martial Arts in the conservative Quetta city (and for that matter anywhere in Pakistan) was frowned upon. In Quetta, the Hazara girls are now challenging that notion by […]

Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari, dies of systemic negligence in Australian detention

Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari, dies of systemic negligence in Australian detention

Last Updated: June 21, 2013 | Purpose of this page is to bring various reports together concerning the death of Afghan Hazara, Ali Ahmed Jafari (23 or 26), at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre (Sydney West) set by the Australian Government. According to reports, Ali Jafari, complained of chest pain with his roommate, who then alerted […]

Kabul blast ahead of Afghanistan security handover

Kabul blast ahead of Afghanistan security handover

Source: BBC – June 18, 2013 |   Haji Mohaqiq standing next to SUV destroyed during the attack   A suicide attacker is believed to have targeted a prominent Afghan politician just as Nato formally handed over command of security to Afghan forces. The bomb struck in west Kabul near the convoy of Haji Mohammad […]

Pakistan: Al-Qaeda attack on SBK Women University and Bolan Medical College kills 25 and injures over 25

Pakistan: Al-Qaeda attack on SBK Women University and Bolan Medical College kills 25 and injures over 25

Tanqeed: (Mis)understanding Balochistan by Mahvish Ahmad – June 24 (uploaded: June 27) Those unfamiliar with the conflicts in Balochistan will find this article very informative. The author sheds light on the historical roots of the grievances between Baloch nationalists insurgents (eg. BLA/BLF) and Pakistani State, and the State’s response in the form of free hand to […]

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