It would see the creation of an officially-recognised team of evacuated female players of Afghan nationality who obtained ...

The Shahnoorys decided to leave Kabul out of fear the Taliban would kill them because they are Hazara ... the situation is getting worse for women in Afghanistan, where the government recently ...

Women in Afghanistan fear for their rights as the ... is of mixed Pashtun-Tajik ethnicity but is widely considered the latter. The Hazara, believed to have origins in Central Asian and Turkic ...

The speakers discussed their first-hand experiences escaping Taliban rule and gaining an education in the U.S.

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With few exceptions, women were not permitted to work. Entire families were driven into destitution as a result. Another group specifically targeted by the Taliban was the Hazaras, a Shi‘a ...

At least 10 people were killed in Afghanistan ... 19 Hazara students and injured 27 others during an exam. The attack targeted the minority Shia community in a frequently targeted area. Women ...

A Hazara woman, who was a nurse ... The refugees from Mazar-i Sharif are scattered throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rape victims are unlikely to seek medical attention unless their injuries ...

The gruesome massacre of May 8 was sadly not an outlier. Afghanistan’s Hazaras are genuinely fearful for their lives. A wide array of causes has led to Pakistan adopting a decades-old policy of ...

She told SBS Dari that taking part in such a competition would’ve been unimaginable in Iran, and her Hazara homeland, Afghanistan ... “In countries where women are kept at home, [they ...

For many Hazara women karate is a way of fighting back and breaking out of the restrictions they face. Filmed by: Musa Yawari. Directed by: Kevin Kim and Musa Yawari. Edited by: Kevin Kim.