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61: 595: 680: 130: 68: 333:, the first Hazaras came to Quetta from Afghanistan to seek employment in British-run companies under the Raj. They are thought to have worked on the building of roads and the Bolan Pass railway as well as enlisting in the British Army of India. At that time, there could have been no more than a few hundred Hazaras in Balochistan. 276:
This Hazara community has been targeted by sectarian extremists, using suicide bombings and targeted killings. More than 200 were killed in 2013. Pakistani authorities took some actions to stem the violence against the Hazara community by confining the community behind some newly-built walls. Then
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the authorities placed military checkpoints along these walls where the soldiers stop and check people from other areas of the city entering the Hazara-community areas including Mari Abad. The other Hazara-majority neighborhood in
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The regiment of Hazara Pioneers was disbanded in 1933. Deprived of this social and professional outlet, Hazaras went to settle in Quetta between the 1930s and 1960s, although the process of migration never completely dried up.
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The first contact between the British and the Hazaras was just before the First Afghan War, when some Hazaras served in "Broadfoot's Sappers" (British Scouts) from 1839–1840. This sappers company participated in the
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This place is the birthplace of many Hazara political, social, military, writers, sports personalities of Quetta city. It is quite famous for its cleanliness compared to other places around it.
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also . Hazaras also worked in the agriculture farms in Sindh and construction of Sukkur barrage . In his seminal book
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It is the most populous area of Quetta, with a population of almost half a million. Most of the population are ethnic
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issue between Pakistan and the Afghan regime, were an additional factor in the Hazara migration since President
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Following the Communist coup in April 1978 and the Soviet Union intervention in December 1979 in
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ancestry and are easily identifiable from their distinct facial features and high cheek bones.
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Following the 1971 drought in Afghanistan, Hazaras then settled in Quetta or went to
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who belong to the Shia sect of Islam. Hazaras are believed to be the descendants of
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After the Taliban took over in Afghanistan, They killed thousands of Hazaras in
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classifies the Hazara migration to Balochistan in the following phases:
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National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website
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Residential town in the city of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
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in search of work. Between 1973 and 1978, tensions over the
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Historically, the Dari-speaking Hazara people have lived in
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of Afghanistan saw the Hazara as Pakistan's allies.
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Mehr Abad
Mariabad is located in Pakistan
30°10′52″N 67°01′59″E / 30.181174°N 67.033081°E / 30.181174; 67.033081
Pakistan
Province
Balochistan
District
Quetta District
Nazim
Mirza
Wazir
Time zone
UTC+5
PST
Hazaragi
Quetta
Balochistan
Hazara people
Mongols
Turko-Mongol
Quetta
Hazara Town
First Anglo-Afghan War
Alessandro Monsutti
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iran
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Hazarajat
Abdur Rahman

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