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2024: Hazaras Still at Risk of Genocide and Oppression Under the Taliban Regime

Besmillah Taban Abstract The Hazara community in Afghanistan has faced a long history of persecution, discrimination, and violence, dating back to the time of Abdur Rahman Khan (Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901) and continuing into the present under the Taliban regime. Despite historical changes in government and legal systems, the treatment of Hazaras has remained marked by human rights abuses, including massacres, forced exclusions, and...

Ethnic Hazaras: a Transnational identity at a Displacement conference

by Yulun Jaffarson

December 28, 2024

Listen to Audio version of this article on Bolaq’s YouTube Channel International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, AHRDO and Global Initiatives for Justice, Truth & Reconciliation (GIJTR) collaborated together to hold some workshops with some advocacy-based organizations that worked with displaced people, and for the rights of different demographics of the people of Afghanistan. As a senior researcher for Bolaq Analysts Network, I took part in the online workshops along...

International Women's Day - Hazara Woman

International Women’s Day: A History of Advocacy and the Hazara Women’s Rights under Taliban Rule

by Akram Gizabi

December 28, 2024

Listen to Audio version of this article on Bolaq’s YouTube Channel Introduction International Women's Day (IWD) is a global celebration of women's achievements and a call to action for gender equality. Since its inception, IWD has been a rallying point for women's rights activists worldwide. However, for many women, including the Hazara women of Afghanistan, the struggle for equality is far from over, particularly under the oppressive rule of the...

Sept 25, Hazara Genocide Remembrance Day

September 25, the Day of Remembrance of Hazara Genocide

by Bolaq Analysts Network (Bolaq)

September 25, 2023

September 25th marks a somber anniversary in Hazara history — a day stained by the horrors of the past. On this fateful day in 1893, Amir Abdul-Rahman's forces launched a brutal assault on the last bastion of Hazara resistance in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Men were mercilessly slaughtered, and women were captured, with one notable exception - a courageous young girl named Shirin. Alongside 39 other brave girls, she went to Golkhar...

Bolaq Report - Situation of Hazaras During Second Year of Taliban Rule

The Situation of the Hazaras During the Second Year of the Taliban Rule

by Bolaq Analysts Network (Bolaq)

August 15, 2023

August 15, 2023 Bolaq Analysts Network (BAN) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental research and advocacy organization that publishes comprehensive and unbiased research on Afghanistan's various social, political, and economic issues. This organization is registered in the United States. We monitor the situation in Afghanistan and document the conduct of the Taliban visa-vis the people of in accordance with international standards and carry out research in connection with various issues, especially...

A Decade in Limbo – The Situation of Afghanistan Refugees in Indonesia

by Bolaq Analysts Network (Bolaq)

July 26, 2023

A Decade in Limbo is a story of the people who have been living in Indonesia for up to 10 years. There are more ten thousand people from Afghanistan, about seven thousand being Hazaras. They range from toddlers to senior adults. They are mostly registered with UNHCR and IOM and waiting for a third country to give them asylum. Indonesia itself does not accept asylum seeker or refugees, it serves...

Bolaq Report Taliban's animosity to women's education

Bolaq Research Report: “Taliban Opposition with Education of Girls.” What do the People Say?

by Bolaq Analysts Network (Bolaq)

January 21, 2023

Abstract Women in Afghanistan for many years have faced gender discrimination for different reason under the pretext of Islam. Although violence and discrimination have deep roots in the tribal customs and the unacceptable traditions that the people adhere to, it is the wrong interpretation of Islam that they illogically try to justify. Development of the level of awareness and acceptance of training are important traits of human beings that have...

Hazaras sitting with nearly 100 victim coffins aftermath of Twin-Blast Terrorist Attack Jan102013, Quetta, Pakistan

Hazara Genocide in Pakistan

by Ishaq Mohammadi

January 17, 2023

According to 2018 National Commission for Human Rights of Pakistan report, over 2,000 Hazaras have been killed and over 4,000 critically injured in the terrorist attacks. Of the Hazaras leaving Pakistan seeking safety offshore, nearly 500 drowned while migrating to Australia and thousands more compelled to migrate.