Funeral prayers were offered after Zuhr, following which members of the Hazara Shia community buried the bodies of 83 victims of Thursday's deadly explosions.

2 Most are Imami Shia Muslims, recognizing the leadership ... execution in May 1997 of some 2,000 Taliban prisoners by ethnic Hazara and Uzbek forces, but there was also a sectarian component ...

Raza Jaghori from Hazara Hikers is a friend of Mr Nazari and ... The Hazaras are an ethnic group of Shia Muslims originally from central Afghanistan, but have fled repeated persecution, including ...

Hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalated, with Pakistan conducting airstrikes on Afghan territory in response to attacks by the Pakistani Taliban. The Afghan Taliban rounded out the year ...

“I urge prevention, protection & justice for Hazara/Shia who continue to be targeted, including in Herat. Condolences to the ...

Attacks in the mainly Sunni Muslim region are not uncommon, often targeting the Hazara Shia Muslim community in suicide bombings. But Pakistan's Christian minority has also frequently been the ...

Lahore: On Jan 10, over 100 people were killed and 200 injured in a spate of bombings in Quetta that were clearly targeted against the Shia Hazara community. Just 10 days earlier, a convoy of ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, held discussions on Sunday with members of Afghanistan's Shia Scholars ...

Previous months have seen several similar attacks. The Shia communities in Afghanistan, primarily comprising the Hazara, have been facing systematic discrimination, targeted attacks ...

ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K) carried out at least 19 terrorist attacks, targeting Hazara and Shia civilians, Sufi adherents, foreign nationals and Taliban officials. One notable incident was the ...