A brief history of the plight of Hazaras in Afghanistan

Afghanistan's third-largest ethnic group, constituting about 20% of the population, the Hazaras are Dari-speaking people, thought to be of the Turk-Mongol race.

Hazaras are Dari-speaking people, thought to be of Turk-Mongol race, the country's third-largest ethnic group which constitutes about 20% of the Afghan population.

As envisioned, the Taliban have totally neglected Hazaras (not unlike women) in its interim government. In its 33-member cabinet, which the Taliban call 'inclusive' due to the inclusion of three Taliban members of Tajik and Uzbek ethnicities, all are Pashtuns. But not a single Hazara, not even a token Sunni Hazara, is taken in.