AlQuds day: an ‘exit poll’ to gauge support for Iran’s Wilayat-e Faqih

AlQuds day: an ‘exit poll’ to gauge support for Iran’s Wilayat-e Faqih

July 10, 2015   In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran declared the last Friday of month of Ramzan (fasting) as the ‘Al-Quds’ day – a day to express solidarity with the Palestinians and oppose Zionism and the State of Israel. Hazaras know today is Al-Quds day. In 2010, Iranian proxies led the Shia Hazara worshippers […]

Memorandum of Capitulation

Memorandum of Capitulation

by Akram Gizabi / July 1, 2015 | Memorandum of Capitulation Recently the Afghan government signed a security deal with Pakistan to cooperate in countering security threats to the two neighbors. Since the beginning, the agreement was fraught with controversy. There are several issues why this so called MoU raises serious concerns both inside and […]

Hazara’s Abduction: An Enigma or A Political Gimmick?

Hazara’s Abduction: An Enigma or A Political Gimmick?

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 […]

And the Protest is Over; What Next?

And the Protest is Over; What Next?

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 […]

Is protest the only way to get the abducted Hazaras released?

Is protest the only way to get the abducted Hazaras released?

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 […]

Durand Line: The Future Time Bomb

Durand Line: The Future Time Bomb

Afghanistan – Aug 20, 2014 |  On November 12, 1893, King Abdur Rahman Khan and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (British Envoy) agreed on seven points known as Durand Line Agreement to demarcate the line between Afghanistan and British India approximately 2,640 kilometers long (presently much of Baluchistan, large parts of the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province and […]

Sorry Latifa, You are a Hazara

Sorry Latifa, You are a Hazara

It was a pleasant day in Lal-o-Sar Jangal, Ghor Province Afghanistan. Latifa was thrilled since morning because she was going to Kabul City with her husband today for the honeymoon. Her husband, Nauroz had already told her to get all necessary stuff ready by 10pm.