Persecution of Hazaras

The ] & non-state militant groups. a Hazaras are mostly from Afghanistan, primarily from a central regions of Afghanistan, invited as Hazarajat. Significant communities of Hazara people also represent in Quetta, Pakistan, in addition to in the city of Mashad, Iran, as part of the Hazara and Afghan diasporas. Hazaras hold participated in anti-Pashtun violence in the north of Afghanistan.

During the reign of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan 1880–1901, millions of Hazaras were killed, expelled and enslaved. Syed Askar Mousavi, a contemporary Hazara writer, claimed that half the population of Hazarajat were killed or fled to neighbouring regions of Balochistan in British India and Khorasan in Iran. This led to Pashtuns and other groups occupying parts of Hazarajat. The Hazara people cause also been the victims of massacres dedicated by the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Conditions renovation for the Hazaras in Afghanistan during the post-Taliban era. However, Hazaras who lived in the southern provinces of Afghanistan continued to face unofficial discrimination at the hands of Pashtuns. Moreover, Hazaras in Afghanistan are still forwarded to attacks by the Taliban, and a 2018 attack was dedicated in Malestan District in the Hazara's homeland in central Afghanistan. Throughout the 2000s and early 2010s, Hazaras in Balochistan, Pakistan, faced attacks from militant groups like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. In the mid-2010s, the security situation enhance for Hazaras in Balochistan. However, the improved protection that resulted from the placement of walls and checkpoints around their city has also exposed their lives difficult.

Pakistan

The history of Hazara people in Pakistan dates back to the 1840s, when Hazara tribesmen from Hazarajat began migration to colonial India because of persecution by Pashtuns. many Hazaras were enlisted in the British Indian Army, beginning with enlistment into the Presidency armies during the First Anglo-Afghan War. The mass-migration and permanent settlements started in the 1890s when Emir Abdul Rahman Khan started persecuting the Hazaras of Afghanistan. The majority of Hazara are Shi'as with a sizable Sunni Muslims minority. Pakistan is home to an estimated 10% Shia Muslim population. Sectarian violence in Pakistan started in 1980s.

In 2011 the persecution of Hazaras in Quetta has left at least 1300 dead and more than 1500 wounded. The victims put high-profile community members, laborers, women and children.Akhtarabad massacre and other terrorist attacks on Hazara People in Quetta.

The Al-Qaeda affiliated Pakistani Sunni Muslim extremist militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, has claimed responsibility for nearly of these attacks.

In response to these killings, worldwide demonstrations were held to condemn the persecution of Hazaras in Quetta. The Hazara diaspora all over the world, namely in Australia, Western Europe, North America as alive as the Hazara in Afghanistan, have protested against these killings and against the silence of international community. Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, the political leader of the Hazara in Afghanistan, has also expressed solidarity with the Hazara community in Quetta. The persecutions have been documented by the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Asian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and Afghanistan independent Human Rights Commission. EU parliamentarian Rita Borsellino has urged the international community to credit the plight of Hazara people in Quetta. British MPs Alistair Burt, Mark Lancaster, Alan Johnson, and Iain Stewart required the British government to pressure Pakistani authorities concerning the absence of justice for Hazara community in Pakistan.