A bomb attack that killed scores of schoolgirls, members of a long-persecuted minority, offered still more evidence that Afghanistan may be on the verge of unraveling.
Tag: Hazaras (Ethnic Group)
Bombing Outside Afghan School Kills at Least 50, With Girls as Targets
The attack, which came at the end of a particularly violent week, underlined growing concerns about the American troop withdrawal.
Foes in Afghan War See a Common Threat of Islamic State’s Return
An unusual truce between the government and the Taliban has kept the Islamic State out of one former stronghold. But there is a peace paradox: Unemployed fighters looking for work.
Hazara Students Pursue Education at Bombed Academies
A group of young Afghans studying for college entrance exams, members of a once persecuted minority, must risk attacks by the Islamic State and the looming threat of a Taliban return.
Armed Attackers Kidnap and Kill 11 Miners in Pakistan
Officials said all the victims were ethnic Hazaras, a Shiite minority group that Sunni extremists have often targeted.
They Are Thriving After Years of Persecution but Fear a Taliban Deal
Members of the Hazara ethnic minority, whom the Taliban consider heretics, fear a return to being massacred if talks bring the insurgents back into Afghanistan’s government.
Taliban Slaughter Elite Afghan Troops, and a ‘Safe’ District Is Falling
Times journalists traveled to the site of a Taliban assault. Instead of a fierce stand by government commandos, they found a massacre of those American-trained troops.