Rising questions after Hazara burial of Mach incident victims
The ten Hazara coalminers slaughtered in Mach last week were buried on Saturday after a six-day long protest but the controversies raised at the local and national level still looms large. At the inception of the New Year, on the midnight between 2nd and 3rd January 2021, ten laborers belonging to the most persecuted Hazara […]
Open letter to Pakistani High Commission, UK, regarding gruesome murder of Hazaras in Pakistan
Dear High Commissioner of Pakistan Subject: The Merciless Killings of 11 Hazara Coalminers by Daesh Militant, in the city of Mach in Pakistan, on 3rd of January 2021 Over the last twenty-two years, extremist organisations have unleashed a torrent of violence against smaller communities in Pakistan. In the city of Quetta, the brunt of it […]
The Merciless Killings of 11 Hazara Coalminers
An extremely tragic and a heart-wrenching incident of terrorism took place in Mach, nearly 64km from Quetta, in which 11 Hazara coal miners were ruthlessly butchered by sharp knives. Listen to Audio version of this article on Bolaq’s YouTube Channel According to the details, some masked man entered a camp of coal miners who were […]
British Intervention and Nation-State in Afghanistan
The process of formation of Afghanistan as a nation-state, with its current boundaries was initiated with the Treaty of Gandomak (1879) signed between the British Empire and the Afghan Amir, Yaqub Khan. It was when the responsibility of designing the foreign policy of Afghanistan was bestowed to the British. Later, during the reign of Abdur […]
Deportations Despite Escalation in Civil War in Afghanistan
Terrorist attacks, bomb explosions and rocket attacks are not on the agenda in Afghanistan. These are common incidents that take place there almost every day. Afghan security forces are now overwhelmed, and residents are living a life of terror. The world is just watching. Read this article in German language [ Deportations-German ] For more than […]
Why Afghanistan’s Form of Government Needs to Change
Afghanistan is not governable under the current constitution. The nature of Afghanistan is ethnically diverse and geographically distant. Despite these challenges, GIRoA is asked to rule by fiat from Kabul under its constitution. The problem with the current government is the lack of democratic institutions, poorly drawn internal boundaries, and the lack of local agencies […]
The Persistence of Gender Disparity and the Complicity of My Generation
For many members of the Hazara diaspora including my generation, coming to the UK has been a life-changing occasion. The freedom along with the educational and professional opportunities and facilities that the UK has endowed us all with, have transformed our lives in ways that we could not have imagined. Although census data on the […]
Loya Jirga: an Attempt at Futility or Legitimizing Criminality
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai convened a Loya Jirga on August 7th for three days. The purpose of the Jirga was to discuss the fate of the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners. During the US -Taliban negotiations, the US envoy, Zalmai Khalilzad with the approval of Mike Pompeo had promised that 5000 Taliban prisoners will be released after […]
Qissa-hai-Natamam: A tale of Hazara Genocide in Pakistan
The book is a collection of Hasan Riza Changezi’s articles most of which were published in the Dawn newspaper as Urdu language blogs. The book contains thirty-one of his selected articles written during the horrific period of 2012-2015 when Pakistan in general and Quetta in particular, was ablaze with sectarian terrorism. The writer has highlighted […]
Faustian Pact with the Devil
The peace deal that the US signed with the Taliban on February 29, 2020, in Doha, Qatar had two main tenets: the first one stated that in 135 days, the “United States, its allies, and the Coalition…will reduce the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to eight thousand six hundred (8,600) and proportionally bring reduction […]