The Daesh/ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack on Shia Hazaras In Afghanistan that left at least 14 people dead. The group announced its involvement through a social media post.

Afghanistan shooting target Hazara Shiite Community

The Hazara community of Afghanistan continues to remain defined despite the recent suicide bomb attack. The students from the historically marginalized group pledged Saturday that they will return to class.

Afghanistan's Hazaras vow to return to class despite blast at an education centre

At least 32 people, including girl students, were killed and dozens injured after a suicide attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday.

Kabul blast: At least 32, including students, killed in suicide attack on educational centre

Over 30 people killed and more than 50 injured after three separate blasts occurred on Thursday in Afghanistan, one in Kabul, one in Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province, and a third in Kunduz city in Kunduz province.

Afghanistan: Over 30 killed as multiple blasts hit Kabul, Balkh and Kunduz

In what comes as a move that could trigger violence, the Taliban have replaced the statue of a Hazara leader, Abdul Ali Mazari, with the replica of the Koran. Mazari was declared a national martyr by the former government as he was killed while he was a prisoner of the Taliban regime.

Trying to wipe history? Taliban replaces statue of Hazara leader with Koran

A black and white Taliban flag flies over the blown-up statue of a revered Hazara chief at the entrance to Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. Since the radical Islamists swept to power seven weeks ago they have repeatedly promised a more moderate, inclusive brand of rule than during their last stint, when minorities were brutally persecuted.

'No more hope': Afghan Hazaras live in fear under Taliban rule

A man claiming to be an Australian citizen has released a video in which he claims to have been beaten by the Taliban while attempting to reach Kabul airport. Blood was dripping from the man's forehead in the footage, which he recorded himself.

Watch: Hazara man, an Australian citizen, bludgeoned, abducted by Taliban while trying to exit

In early July, the Taliban tortured and murdered nine Hazara men in Afghanistan, looting their homes in Ghazni province, according to human rights organisation Amnesty International.

Muscles sliced off, strangled with scarf: Nine men of the Hazara minority killed by Taliban

Peace talks between the Taliban and the government in Kabul have hit multiple roadblocks. With US troops withdrawing and likely to withdraw more by May 2021, the minority Hazara community in Afghanistan is extremely apprehensive about its future.

Hazaras fear for the future as foreign troops exit Afghanistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday met families of the slain Hazara miners in Quetta. The family members and mourners had sat on six-day anti-government protest after gunmen killed the miners on January 3.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan meets families of slain Hazara miners

Thousands of mourners gathered in Pakistan Saturday for the burial of 10 miners who were killed in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Pakistani officials have notably long denied the presence of Islamic State in the country, but the group has claimed a number of attacks including a bombing at a market in 2019.

Pakistani Shia Hazara community ends blockade over deaths of miners

5 days since the #HazaraKillings, the families are still refusing to bury the dead. Imran Khan hasn't showed up in Quetta yet, but Maryam Nawaz Sharif & Bilawal Bhutto Zardari did. They asked the Pak PM to show some humanity for the sake of his children.

Gravitas: Why are Pakistan's Hazaras protesting?

The January 4 grotesque killings of ten innocent Hazara coal miners in Pakistan have taken a sharp turn as the Imran Khan government is under immense pressure to tighten security.

Hazara killings in Pakistan: Crisis deepens

It's been five days since the killing of Hazara miners in Pakistan and families of the dead are still refusing to bury the dead. Even the funeral is yet to be carried out.

Pakistan opposition leaders visit slain miners' families in Quetta

Silent about rising sectarian violence in Pakistan, Gulf States vying for religious soft power risk exposing the limitations of their concepts of an undefined ‘moderate’ Islam that is tolerant and endorses pluralism.

Gulf state religious moderation falls by the wayside in Pakistan

Hazaras are the third-largest ethnic bloc in Afghanistan and a significant Shia minority in neighbouring Pakistan. Hazaras live in large numbers in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province.

Pakistan government fails to protect Hazara community

At least 35 people have died in Pakistan in rain-related incidents including avalanches and landslides. Pakistan is witnessing a strong westerly weather system bringing heavy rains that battered several parts of the country, reported Dawn.

35 killed in rain related incidents in Pakistan

Minority Shia Hazaras blocked traffic in a sit-in protest for a third day in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday after a suicide bomb killed 19 people in an outdoor market, many of them ethnic Hazaras.

Hazaras protest continues for 3rd day in Pakistan after deadly suicide bombing

An Afghan woman has become the first to win a popular singing competition, with her victory coming as fears grow that women could lose hard-won rights if the US does a peace deal with the Taliban.

As fear grows for women's rights in Afghanistan, 20-year-old wins Afghan-American star for the first time

A Hazara refugee who now calls the Australian outback home, Ali named his new venture the "Afghan Friendship Restaurant", a tribute to the warm welcome he says he received after moving to the town of Griffith five years ago.

From Afghanistan to the Outback: Refugees ditch Australia's overcrowded cities

Thousands of Afghans have fled to Ghazni city to escape fighting in two Hazara-dominated districts, with some describing the violence Tuesday as the worst they had seen in the 17-year conflict.

Thousands of Afghans flee fighting in Hazara districts

A Pakistani political activist Jalila Haider is leading the hunger strike outside the Quetta Press Club

Pakistan: After 2 killed, Hazara community protests in Quetta for second day

The two men were immediately rushed to the civil hospital but were declared dead on their arrival.

Two Shia Hazara community members killed in Pakistan's Quetta

The Human Rights Commission at the launch of its annual report, State of Human Rights in 2017 dedicated to the late activist Asma Jahangir says people continue to disappear in Pakistan, sometimes because they criticise the country's powerful military or because they advocate better relations with neighbouring India

Religious minorities continue to face violent attacks in Pakistan: Watchdog

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