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TopicHazara community

Topic: Hazara community

Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education despite growing Taliban restrictions

A suicide bomber detonated explosives Friday, during a practice exam in the girls' section of private tutoring centre in Kabul. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.

Hazaras are voting with their feet and fleeing Afghanistan. Quetta is their new refuge

Between five and ten thousand people have fled Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to Balochistan's Hazara town, leaving behind a history of oppression and terror.

Why Hazaras in Pakistan have been victims of sectarianism & ethnic conflict

In episode 657 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta talks about the hardest-hit and most oppressed victims of terrorist activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan — the Hazaras.

Why Hazaras in Pakistan’s Quetta have refused to bury 11 coal miners killed in IS attack

Eleven coal miners were abducted and killed Saturday in a terror attack claimed by Islamic State. Their families have since been leading a sit-in demonstration with the bodies.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.