The Hazaras, an isolated group of Shiʿa Muslims who lived in the mountainous regions of central Afghanistan until political upheavals forced them to scatter, were once the second-largest, although least-known, ethnic group in the country. Many...

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Hazara, India. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Hazara (Race). Hazara can refer to: The Hazara people - An ethnic group from the Hazarajat region...

The present regime has made things a bit better for Afghanistan's underclass "WHEN God created the donkey, the Hazaras wept," runs a particularly heartless Afghan saying. Historically the servant underclass, the Hazaras, who are members of the Shia Muslim minority and have...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - It is a place where many Afghans fear to venture, a putative land of bandits, murderers, and double-crossers. "Whatever you do, do not go to Bamiyan," said Hamayun, a driver, when asked to travel to the central Afghanistan province set...

The release of "The Kite Runner" has been delayed six weeks because of fears for the safety of three of the movie's Afghan child actors, Paramount Vantage, which is distributing the film, said Thursday.As violence has escalated in Kabul, Afghanistan, concerns have mounted that the...

A 12-year-old Afghan boy starring in the upcoming film "The Kite Runner" fears he and his family could be ostracized or even attacked because of a rape scene that he says he reluctantly acted in _ a sequence the family wants cut.Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada plays...