Hazara/Related Articles

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Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan ^[e]
Shi'a [r]: A Muslim who believes that the line of religious authority derives from the Household of the Prophet Muhammad (Ahl ul-bayt), through the line of his son-in-law, Imam Ali ^[e]

Daykundi Province [r]: An especially isolated and insecure province of central Afghanistan, with a Hazara majority ^[e]
Karim Khalili [r]: (1950-) Currently the second vice president in the Afghan government of Hamid Karzai, a member of the Hazara group and a Shi'a ^[e]
Mohammed Mohaqeq [r]: Add brief definition or description
Abdul Ali Mazari [r]: Add brief definition or description
Northern Alliance [r]: A military alliance against the Taliban in Afghanistan's civil war, which, with U.S. assistance, drove it from power in the Afghanistan War (2001-) ^[e]
Ramazan Bashardost [r]: Independent member of the parliament of Afghanistan and candidate in the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election; was Planning Minister in 2004; French-educated in law, diplomacy and political science; ethnically Hazara but running as an Afghan populist ^[e]
Ismail Khan [r]: A Hazara warlord of western Afghanistan, whose base is in Herat, with good ties to but not under the control of Iran; he has been on both sides of warfare ^[e]

Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces ^[e]
Hamid Karzai [r]: President of Afghanistan, who took interim office in 2002, was reelected to a full five-year term in 2004, and gained another term after a disputed election in August 2009; Pashtun of the Durrani tribe ^[e]
International Security Assistance Force [r]: United Nations authorized, North Atlantic Treaty Organization-commanded military and security force in Afghanistan, in both a combat and training role ^[e]
Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ^[e]