Hazaras

Kabul: Death toll rises to 17 in attack on Shiites marking Ashura

An Afghan official says that at least 17 people including a policeman are dead after a militant attack on a Shiite shrine in the capital Kabul late Tuesday.

Afghan govt had prior intel info of Kabul explosion that killed 80

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a peaceful protest in the Afghan capital on Saturday that killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 200, marking the first time the extremists have struck Kabul and raising fears of their growing strength and capability in Afghanistan.

Want justice, not charity: Hazaras demand electricity, govt locks down Kabul

The Afghan Hazaras have been persecuted for decades, with thousands killed in the late 1990s by Al-Qaeda and the mainly Pashtun and Sunni Taliban.

Gunmen kidnap 30 Hazaras in southern Afghanistan, say officials

Gunmen in southern Afghanistan kidnapped 30 members of the Hazara ethnic community, authorities said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on Shiites in the predominantly Sunni country.