The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform to the interpretation of Islam prescribed by the ...

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of ...

Funeral prayers were offered after Zuhr, following which members of the Hazara Shia community buried the bodies of 83 victims of Thursday's deadly explosions.

2 Most are Imami Shia Muslims, recognizing the leadership ... execution in May 1997 of some 2,000 Taliban prisoners by ethnic Hazara and Uzbek forces, but there was also a sectarian component ...

Raza Jaghori from Hazara Hikers is a friend of Mr Nazari and ... The Hazaras are an ethnic group of Shia Muslims originally from central Afghanistan, but have fled repeated persecution, including ...

A wide array of causes has led to Pakistan adopting a decades-old policy of appeasement toward anti-Shia militancy. The Hazaras pay the price. Pakistan’s Hazara community has been targeted many ...

The Shia Hazara community experienced one of its worst attacks in the Afghan capital in May last year, when an attack on a girls school left 110 dead, mostly girls, and 290 injured, according to ...