Hazara Minority

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  Death Count In Kabul Classroom Bombing Rises To 35

  The death countof a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday, as Shiite Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.

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  Afghan Women Protest "Hazara Genocide" After 20 Die In Kabul Bombing

  Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people -- mostly young women from the ethnic group.

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  Over 800 Hazara Families Ordered Out Of Their Homes By Taliban

  Residents of a Hazara-dominated farming community in central Afghanistan say they have been ordered out of their homes by Talibandoing the bidding of Pashtun landlords who want to seize their crops and stores.

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  Afghanistan's Hazara, A Long-Persecuted Minority Living In Fear Of Taliban

  Schools and rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed: for years, the Hazara community has suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults.

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  At Least 14 Killed In Twin Blasts In Central Afghanistan

  At least 14 people were killed in central Afghanistan on Tuesday when two blasts ripped through the city of Bamiyan, home to many members of the mainly Shiite Hazara ethnic minority, officials said.

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  US Report On Religious Freedom Blames Pak For Targeted Killing Of Minorities

  An annual American report on religious freedom has voiced concern over the targeted killing in Pakistan of Shia Muslims, including ethnic Hazaras, who are largely Shia, and Ahmadi Muslims in attacks believed to be driven by faith.

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  18 Killed, 48 Injured In Pakistan Market Suicide Bombing

  A suicide bomb ripped through an outdoor Pakistani market on Friday, killing at least 18 people, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials said, in an attack apparently aimed at minority Shi'ite Muslims.

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  Three Killed In Kabul Suicide Attack, Say Officials

  At least three people were killed when a suicide attacker blew himself up in Kabul Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara ethnic group.

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  6 Civilians, 1 Policeman Killed, 15 Injured In Kabul Suicide Attack

  A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least seven people in an attack on a crowd gathered to commemorate a political leader from the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority, officials said.

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  Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.

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  80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.

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  Live: Over 200 People Injured In Deadly Kabul Bomb Attack

  Suicide bombers hit a large demonstration by members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 142, officials said. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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  80 Dead In Twin Blasts In Kabul During Protest, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  ISIS group terrorists claimed responsibility for twin explosions today that ripped through crowds of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in their first major attack in the Afghan capital.

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  Afghan Capital Locked Down For Large Demonstration

  Main roads across the Afghan capital Kabul have been blocked by the authorities as thousands of ethnic Hazaras marched on Saturday through the city demanding a planned power line be rerouted through their poverty-stricken province.

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  Afghan Capital Locked Down As Minority Hazaras Protest Over Power Project

  Authorities locked down Afghanistan's capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line.