Hazara
‘I Will Not Forgive’: Survivor of School Exam Blast Says She’ll Keep Learning
A survivor of a suicide bomb in an exam hall full of young students near Kabul tells VICE World News that the horrific attack has made her more determined to succeed.
'We're Not Living, We're Just Alive': Hazara Teens Struggle With Life on the Streets
Hazara asylum seekers are trapped in a never-ending purgatory as Western nations try to shut them out.
Kabul Locked Down as Authorities Face Major Protest Over Power Line
Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan's long-persecuted Hazara minority are demanding a new power line pass through two provinces where they have large communities.
Kabul Anger Boils Over as Thousands Protest Hazara Beheadings
Afghan police fired in the air to disperse protesters who tried to scale walls near the president's palace as huge demonstrations took place over the murder of seven members of the Hazara ethnic minority.
Islamic State Loyalists Have Reportedly Kidnapped 30 Hazara Shias in Afghanistan
Several high-ranking members of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban recently switched ranks and pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Photos of Hazara Refugees Trapped in Indonesia on Their Way to Australia
The photographer spent time in Indonesia with the people suffering the consequences of Australia's refugee policies.
Australia Is Deporting Afghan Hazaras to Face Torture and Death by the Taliban
Refugees from Afghanistan's Hazara minority are being forcibly removed from Australia. Back in their homeland, they're subject to Taliban persecution and criminal extortion.
Techno-Raving and Dead-Goat Polo at the Silk Road Festival
At the end of June, while a bunch of people were losing their minds listening to music and stomping around Chicago, I too was surrounded by good vibes and thousands of revelers glued to a sound...
New Pictures From Afghanistan
Seven years ago we ran a series of photographs by Jason Florio documenting life in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan just before the 2001 US-led invasion.