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46 Girls Among 53 Killed In Kabul Classroom Bombings: UN
Forty-six girls and young women were among those killed in a suicide bombing on an Afghan education centre last week, the UN said Monday as it announced the total death count had risen to 53.
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Death Count In Kabul Classroom Bombing Rises To 35
The death countof a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday, as Shiite Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.
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Afghan Women Protest "Hazara Genocide" After 20 Die In Kabul Bombing
Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people -- mostly young women from the ethnic group.
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For Afghan Hazaras, Where To Pray Can Be Life And Death Choice
Each time Hussain Rahimi leaves his Kabul home for the mosque to pray, he recites the Kalima - a short verse that is the central tenet of Islam - because he is not sure he will come home alive.
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Over 800 Hazara Families Ordered Out Of Their Homes By Taliban
Residents of a Hazara-dominated farming community in central Afghanistan say they have been ordered out of their homes by Talibandoing the bidding of Pashtun landlords who want to seize their crops and stores.
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Afghanistan's Hazara, A Long-Persecuted Minority Living In Fear Of Taliban
Schools and rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed: for years, the Hazara community has suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults.
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Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.
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80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility
At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.
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Live: Over 200 People Injured In Deadly Kabul Bomb Attack
Suicide bombers hit a large demonstration by members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 142, officials said. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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80 Dead In Twin Blasts In Kabul During Protest, ISIS Claims Responsibility
ISIS group terrorists claimed responsibility for twin explosions today that ripped through crowds of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in their first major attack in the Afghan capital.
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Afghan Capital Locked Down For Large Demonstration
Main roads across the Afghan capital Kabul have been blocked by the authorities as thousands of ethnic Hazaras marched on Saturday through the city demanding a planned power line be rerouted through their poverty-stricken province.
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Afghan Capital Locked Down As Minority Hazaras Protest Over Power Project
Authorities locked down Afghanistan's capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line.
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Taliban Hold Minority Hazaras Hostage for 'Stealing Sheep'
Afghan Taliban militants on Saturday kidnapped at least seven members of the minority Shiite Hazara community after a dispute over sheep, local authorities said.
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Afghan Protest at Beheadings Puts Pressure on Ashraf Ghani Government
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed for calm after angry protesters from the ethnic Hazara minority tried to force their way into his Kabul palace on Wednesday to demand justice for seven members of their community beheaded by Islamist militants.
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Warning Shots Fired Outside Presidential Palace During Kabul Protest: Police
Warning shots were fired outside the presidential palace in Kabul today, where thousands of people are protesting the gruesome beheadings of seven Shia Hazaras, Afghan police said.
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46 Girls Among 53 Killed In Kabul Classroom Bombings: UN
Forty-six girls and young women were among those killed in a suicide bombing on an Afghan education centre last week, the UN said Monday as it announced the total death count had risen to 53.
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Death Count In Kabul Classroom Bombing Rises To 35
The death countof a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom has risen to 35, the UN said Saturday, as Shiite Hazara women who bore the brunt of the attack staged a defiant protest against the "genocide" of their minority community.
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Afghan Women Protest "Hazara Genocide" After 20 Die In Kabul Bombing
Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people -- mostly young women from the ethnic group.
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For Afghan Hazaras, Where To Pray Can Be Life And Death Choice
Each time Hussain Rahimi leaves his Kabul home for the mosque to pray, he recites the Kalima - a short verse that is the central tenet of Islam - because he is not sure he will come home alive.
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Over 800 Hazara Families Ordered Out Of Their Homes By Taliban
Residents of a Hazara-dominated farming community in central Afghanistan say they have been ordered out of their homes by Talibandoing the bidding of Pashtun landlords who want to seize their crops and stores.
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Afghanistan's Hazara, A Long-Persecuted Minority Living In Fear Of Taliban
Schools and rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed: for years, the Hazara community has suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults.
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Iran Condemns Kabul Twin Blasts, Urges Unity
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the ISIS group that ripped through crowds of minority Shiite Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.
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80 Killed In Blasts During Protest In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility
At least 80 people were killed and more than 230 wounded Saturday when attackers detonated explosives amid a huge crowd of peaceful protesters in the Afghan capital, most of them from the country's Shiite ethnic Hazara minority, Afghan officials said.
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Live: Over 200 People Injured In Deadly Kabul Bomb Attack
Suicide bombers hit a large demonstration by members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 29 people and wounding 142, officials said. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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80 Dead In Twin Blasts In Kabul During Protest, ISIS Claims Responsibility
ISIS group terrorists claimed responsibility for twin explosions today that ripped through crowds of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in their first major attack in the Afghan capital.
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Afghan Capital Locked Down For Large Demonstration
Main roads across the Afghan capital Kabul have been blocked by the authorities as thousands of ethnic Hazaras marched on Saturday through the city demanding a planned power line be rerouted through their poverty-stricken province.
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Afghan Capital Locked Down As Minority Hazaras Protest Over Power Project
Authorities locked down Afghanistan's capital Monday as tens of thousands of members of an ethnic minority group marched through the streets to protest the proposed route of a power line.
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Taliban Hold Minority Hazaras Hostage for 'Stealing Sheep'
Afghan Taliban militants on Saturday kidnapped at least seven members of the minority Shiite Hazara community after a dispute over sheep, local authorities said.
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Afghan Protest at Beheadings Puts Pressure on Ashraf Ghani Government
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed for calm after angry protesters from the ethnic Hazara minority tried to force their way into his Kabul palace on Wednesday to demand justice for seven members of their community beheaded by Islamist militants.
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Warning Shots Fired Outside Presidential Palace During Kabul Protest: Police
Warning shots were fired outside the presidential palace in Kabul today, where thousands of people are protesting the gruesome beheadings of seven Shia Hazaras, Afghan police said.
