Renowned Hazara historian passes away

Renowned Hazara historian passes away

Canada – Nov 8, 2018: Renowned Hazara historian, Basir Ahmad Dowlatabadi passes away after prolonged illness in Toronto, Canada. Renown Hazara historian Janab Basir Ahmad DolatAbadi has passed away. RIP. Our condolences to his family and Hazara Nation. WHC documentary on his life – https://t.co/GQOhtpdTXs#TwitterHazaras #Hazarajat pic.twitter.com/DQMNz4bdrY — Hazara.Net (@hazaranet) November 8, 2018 Basir Ahmad […]

Hazara.Net observes 20th anniversary

Hazara.Net observes 20th anniversary

September 28, 2018 marked 20th anniversary of Hazara.net.  On August 8, 1998, the Taliban, AlQaeda, and affiliated terrorist network massacred thousands of unarmed Hazara civilians in a week-long killing frenzy in Mazar Sharif, Afghanistan. On September 28, 1998, Hazara.net was launched as the first Hazara site over the Internet in response to Hazara massacre by […]

Durand Line: The Future Time Bomb

Durand Line: The Future Time Bomb

Afghanistan – Aug 20, 2014 |  On November 12, 1893, King Abdur Rahman Khan and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (British Envoy) agreed on seven points known as Durand Line Agreement to demarcate the line between Afghanistan and British India approximately 2,640 kilometers long (presently much of Baluchistan, large parts of the Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province and […]

Letter of Amir Habibullah Khan (1901-1919)

Letter of Amir Habibullah Khan (1901-1919)

Habibullah Khan, son of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan (1880 – 1901) – the Pushtun ruler of Afghanistan that committed genocide of Hazaras in Hazarajat – addressed this letter in 1904 to the Hazaras to return back to their lands in Hazarajat (a land that is illegally annexed into today’s Afghanistan). This letter is a confession […]

Chehl Dukhtaro

Chehl Dukhtaro

Chehl Dukhtaro (the 40 girls) is the famous legendary story of the 40 Hazara daughters that committed suicide rather then handing themselves over to the forces of the Pushtun ruler of Kabul, Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, during 1890’s genocide of Hazaras in Hazarajat (current day Afghanistan). Artist: Hasan Ali Hatif The Hazaras of Uruzgan put […]

The Hazara Pioneers (1904)

The Hazara Pioneers (1904)

Brief History Source: The British Empire The original 6th Bombay Infantry was disbanded in 1882. It was raised in 1775 and earned honours for Mysore and Seringapatam. Their uniform originally had black facings. In 1904, Major C W Jacob of the 126th Baluchistan Infantry and later to become Field-Marshal Sir Claude Jacob, raised the 106th […]

Hazara Slavery

Hazara Slavery

This page documents cases of Hazara slavery following 1890’s genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan. An estimated 60% of Hazara population was exterminated during the 1890’s genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan. During and after the genocide, Hazaras lands were confiscated and distributed to the Pashtuns (including the Pushtun Nomads known as Kuchis), and tens of thousands of […]