Second, Iran could use an expanded presence to recruit further personnel for its militias from within the Hazara community – especially given that the Islamic Republic has already used warming ...

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T wo of these enclaves, the districts of Balkhob and Dar-i Suf, sustained aerial bombardment by the Taliban during 1999 and 2000, prompting a renewed exodus of Hazara refugees to Iran. Yakaolang ...

She told SBS Dari that taking part in such a competition would’ve been unimaginable in Iran, and her Hazara homeland, Afghanistan. “One of the reasons I love it here, in Australia, is that I ...