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Afghanistan: Recent information relating to the treatment of Hazara people by other ethnicities and by the authorities. Is there discord between Hazaras and Pashtuns and do the authorities assist Hazara people or do they show preferential treatment to others?

16 August 2011 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Please provide a demography of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, especially the Tajik population, and whether they have any particular profile. 2. Please provide a demography of Mazar-e-Sharif, especially the Tajik population, and whether they have any particular profile. 3. Is there any updated information on whether the Taliban are targeting Tajiks in Kabul? 4. Is there any updated information on whether the Taliban are targeting Tajiks in Mazar-e-Sharif? 5. Is there any information on the position of Tajiks (particularly wealthy Tajiks) in Kabul and their access to State protection if needed?

2 June 2011 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Treatment of Hazara by government forces, November 2009 - November 2010

7 December 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Please provide information about whether in 1989 or 1990 there was trouble in Afghanistan whereby Hazaras were being killed by the Pushtuns, Tajiks and Uzbeks? 2. Is there evidence to confirm Afghan Hazaras escaped to Pakistan around this time? 3. Please provide further information about property disputes in Afghanistan back to the 1980's. 4. Please provide information on the treatment or protection of illegal Afghan Hazara Shia Muslim refugees, especially those who moved into Pakistan around 1989 or 1990, by the Pakistani authorities. Is the treatment of those who moved then any different to the treatment of those who moved more recently? 5. Please provide information about the Wahabis and Sunni Muslims and the Baloch targeting the Hazaras in Pakistan. 6. Is there information indicating that Hazara people in Quetta are unable to go out freely at night or that they are found dead in the streets? 7. Please provide information on the treatment of the Hazaras of the Shia Muslim religion in Afghanistan and whether they face serious harm in Afghanistan. 8. Please provide information on whether the authorities in Afghanistan, most of whom are not Hazara, can actually protect Hazaras.

15 April 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Treatment of ethnic Pashtuns, particularly in Herat; treatment of perceived supporters of the Taliban and/or the communist party (January 2002 - August 2004)

30 August 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Forced recruitment practices of the Taliban, including whether forced recruits belong to a particular ethnic group, are married, are professional, the penalties for evading "service", and whether one can pay money to avoid combat (January-November 1999)

12 November 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Treatment by the Taliban of Afghans who studied in the former Soviet Union, including whether they are suspected of supporting Russia or communism; whether they are blamed for the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan; whether they are denied employment; whether the fact that they are from the Turkmen ethnic group from Mazar-I-Sharif affects their treatment

1 May 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Situation in, or around, Aqcha (Jawzjan province) including predominant tribal/ethnic group and who is currently in control

1 February 1999 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Information on evidence of persecution or harassment by the Taliban along ethnic lines

1 July 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: Information on the Hazaras within the current situation of ethnic and tribal conflict from December 1995

1 January 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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