List of massacres against Hazara people

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred against Hazara people, who are overwhelmingly Twelver Shia Muslims and make up the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan:[1][2][3][4]

Date Name Location Attacker(s) Deaths Notes
from Abdur Rahman Khan era till now Persecution of Hazara people Afghanistan-Pakistan heads of state of Afghanistan, Taliban, Haqqani network, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, ISIL, Pashtuns, Kochi people
1888–1893 Suppression of 1888–1893 Uprisings of Hazaras Hazarajat Afghan army under Abdur Rahman Khan Thousands[5][6] to

409,500 Hazaras according to a Hazara author[7]

February 11–12, 1993 Afshar Operation Afshar district,west Kabul Shura-e Nazar, Islamic State of Afghanistan, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, Islamic Movement of Afghanistan indeterminate To counter the shelling, government forces attacked Afshar in order to capture the positions of Wahdat and its leader Mazari, and to consolidate parts of the city controlled by the government.The operation became an urban war zone, when Sayyaf's Ittehad-i Islami forces and Massoud's Jamaat-e-Islami forces committed "repeated human butchery"[8] turning against the Shia Muslims.[9]
July 1998 The massacre of Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif Mazar-i-Sharif-Balkh Province Taliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin 2,000[10][11] to 20,000[12] Taliban forces by aid of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin attacked to vast number of Hazaras, after arriving to Mazar-i-Sharif[13]
Between 1999 and 2000 The massacre of Hazaras in Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pol Province Taliban indeterminate
June 25, 2010 The massacre of Hazaras in Zabul Province Zabul Province Taliban 9 For collaborating with the government and the spying, Taliban committed incredibly massacre of Hazaras
December 6, 2011 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul, Kandahar Lashkar-e-Jhangvi 78 killed and more than 150 wounded
July 2, 2015 The massacre of Hazaras in Jalrez District Jalrez District, Maidan Wardak Province Taliban by Pashtuns supporting 27 killed and 3 wounded
July 23, 2016 July 2016 Kabul bombing Dehmazang Square, Kabul Attributed to ISIL more than 80 killed and more than 231 wounded
October 11, 2016 The massacre of Hazaras in Sakhi Shrine Mosque of Sakhi Shrine, Kabul Haqqani network, ISIL Approx 18 killed and more than 58 wounded
October 12, 2016 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings Balkh Province Attributed to ISIL Approx 14 killed and more than 70 wounded
November 21, 2016 November 2016 Kabul suicide bombing Baqer-ul Ulom mosque, Kabul Attributed to ISIL Approx 32 killed and more than 64 wounded
August 1, 2017 2017 Herat mosque attack adwadia mosque, Herat indeterminate Approx 32 killed and more than 70 wounded
August 1, 2017 2017 Mirza Olang village attack Mirza Olang village, Sar-e Pol Province ISIL and Taliban together Approx 50 killed
August 25, 2017 2017 Imam Zaman mosque attack Kabul ISIL and Taliban together 28 killed and 50 wounded
October 27, 2018 2018 Khas Urozgan District attack Khas Urozgan District, Urozgan Province Taliban together 70 killed and indeterminate wounded
January 3, 2021 2021 Coal mine attack Bolan District, Balochistan ISIS 11 killed[14]

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References[]

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  2. ^ "Afghanistan: 31,822,848 (July 2014 est.) @ 9% (2014)". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Hyder, Kamal (November 12, 2011). "Hazara community finds safe haven in Peshawar". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "COUNTRY PROFILE: AFGHANISTAN" (PDF). Library of Congress Country Studies. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  5. ^ Tareekh e Afghanistan, Ibrahim Daudzai - Page 273
  6. ^ Ibrahimi, Niamatullah (2017). The Hazaras and the Afghan State Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781849049818.
  7. ^ دلجو, عباس (2014). تاریخ باستانی هزاره ها. کابل: انتشارات امیری. ISBN 978-9936801509.
  8. ^ "IV. Culpability". Blood-Stained Hands: Past Atrocities in Kabul and Afghanistan's Legacy of Impunity (Report). Human Rights Watch. 2006.
  9. ^ Anderson, John Lee (2002). The Lion's Grave (November 26, 2002 ed.). Atlantic Books. p. 224. ISBN 1-84354-118-1.
  10. ^ "THE MASSACRE IN MAZAR-I SHARIF". Human Rights Watch. November 1998 Vol. 10, No. 7 (C). Archived from the original on June 5, 2019.
  11. ^ Cooper, Kenneth J. (November 28, 1998). "TALIBAN MASSACRE BASED ON ETHNICITY". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019.
  12. ^ Gizabi, Akram. "Opinion: US–Taliban peace talks betray the trust of the Afghan people". Military Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019.
  13. ^ "قتل‌عام هزاره‌ها توسط طالبان در مزار شریف به روایت پروژه عدالت افغانستان" [Hazaras massacre by Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif according to Afghan Justice Project]. www.hazarapeople.com (in Persian). 7 August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Pakistani Hazara families refuse to bury dead after attack".
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