List of massacres against Hazaras

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred against Hazaras, an ethnic group who make up the third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan:

DateNameLocationAttacker(s)DeathsNotesfrom Abdur Rahman Khan era till nowPersecution of Hazara people Afghanistan-PakistanTaliban, Haqqani network, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, ISIL, Pashtuns, Kochi people1888–1893Suppression of 1888–1893 Uprisings of HazarasHazarajatAfghan army under Abdur Rahman KhanThousandsTareekh e Afghanistan, Ibrahim Daudzai - Page 273 to 409,500 Hazaras according to a Hazara authorFebruary 11–12, 1993 Afshar OperationAfshar district, west KabulShura-e Nazar, Islamic State of Afghanistan, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, Islamic Movement of AfghanistanindeterminateTo counter the shelling, government forces attacked Afshar in order to capture the positions of Wahdat and its leader Mazari, and to consolidate parts of the city controlled by the government. The operation became an urban war zone, when Sayyaf's Ittehad-i Islami forces and Massoud's Jamaat-e-Islami forces committed "repeated human butchery" turning against the Shia Muslims.July 19981998 Mazar-i-Sharif massacreMazar-i-Sharif-Balkh ProvinceTaliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin2,000 to 20,000Taliban forces by aid of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin attacked to vast number of Hazaras, after arriving to Mazar-i-SharifBetween 1999 and 2000The massacre of Hazaras in Sar-e Pol ProvinceSar-e Pol ProvinceTalibanindeterminateJune 25, 2010The massacre of Hazaras in Zabul ProvinceZabul Province9For collaborating with the government and the spying, Taliban killed 9 Hazaras December 6, 20112011 Afghanistan Ashura bombingsMazar-i-Sharif, Kabul, KandaharLashkar-e-Jhangvi78 killed and more than 150 wounded July 2, 2015The massacre of Hazaras in Jalrez DistrictJalrez District, Maidan Wardak ProvinceTaliban by Pashtuns supporting27 killed and 3 wounded July 23, 2016July 2016 Kabul bombingDehmazang Square, KabulISIL more than 80 killed and more than 231 wounded October 11, 2016The massacre of Hazaras in Sakhi ShrineMosque of Sakhi Shrine, KabulHaqqani network, ISIL Approx 18 killed and more than 58 wounded October 12, 20162011 Afghanistan Ashura bombingsBalkh ProvinceISILApprox 14 killed and more than 70 woundedNovember 21, 2016November 2016 Kabul suicide bombingBaqer-ul Ulom mosque, KabulApprox 32 killed and more than 64 woundedAugust 1, 20172017 Herat mosque attackadwadia mosque, HeratindeterminateApprox 32 killed and more than 70 wounded2017 Mirza Olang village attackMirza Olang village, Sar-e Pol ProvinceISKPApprox 50 killed October 20, 20172017 Imam Zaman mosque attackKabul40 killedAugust 15, 2018Mawoud AcademyKabul, BarchiTaliban, ISIS48 killed and 67 woundedOctober 27, 20182018 Khas Urozgan District attackKhas Urozgan District, Urozgan ProvinceTaliban70 killed and indeterminate woundedJanuary 3, 20212021 Coal mine attackBolan District, BalochistanISIS11 killedAll 11 miners were blindfolded and had their hands tied behind their backs before having their throats slit.July 4–6, 2021Mundarakht massacreMundarakht, Ghazni provinceTaliban9 Hazara men killedTaliban used torture and extrajudicial executions to commit the massacre.January to June 2021Attacks on the Hazara communityThroughout AfghanistanTaliban, ISKP, Anonymous terrorist groups143 killed and 357 injured2022Kaaj girl school bombingKabul, AfghanistanUnknown Alleged Taliban involvement ISKPat least 53 killed and over 110 injured A suicide bomber first killed the school guard and then shot at the students, then came in the middle of the classroom and blew himself up. The victims of this attack were Hazara school girls.After the Balkhab uprisingBalkhab District, AfghanistanTalibanOver 1502023Attack on Imam Zaman Mosque in BaghlanPoli Khumri, Baghlan ProvinceTaliban and Haqqani network, ISKPover 17 killed and dozens of people were injured2024Qala-e-Naazir Barchi in KabulBarchi, Kabul ProvinceISIS17 killed and over 14 injureda bomb explosion inside a Toyota Coaster minibus. ISIS claimed responsibility for this terrorist attack.Jibrail town, Herat province,Herat Province6 killedgunmen targeting a "Rickshaw" tricycle in Jabrail town of Herat provinceSeptember 12, 2024Daikundi massacrebetween Ghor and Daikundi14 killed, 6 woundedmachine gun attack

See also Persecution of Hazaras Hazara nationalism List of massacres in Afghanistan Anti-Hazara sentiment Anti-Pashtun sentiment Anti-Afghan sentiment

References

External links Hazara Genocide Archive (Afghanistan, since 1993) Hazara Genocide Archive (Pakistan, since 2003)