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Afghanistan: 1. Please provide recent information on Jaghouri district in general, but also with reference to ethnic make-up, Taliban presence, political governance and economic circumstances. 2. Please provide information on targeting of transport drivers in Afghanistan. 3. Please provide information on state protection. 4. Please provide an assessment of the report: Dorronsoro, Gilles 2009, The Taliban's Winning Strategy in Afghanistan, June, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington.

28 April 2010 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | 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

The Researcher, March 2010

March 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

M.S.A. v. Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Another

13 October 2009 | Publisher: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law

M.S. v. Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Another

15 July 2009 | Publisher: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law

RQ (Afghan National Army - Hizb-i-Islami - Risk) Afghanistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

20 August 2007 | Publisher: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law

Afghanistan: 1. In which areas of Afghanistan are the Taliban currently active, in particular in Jaghori or nearby? 2. How far away is Angori from the nearest Pushtun areas? 3. Which political party or group currently controls Jaghori, in particular the Angori region? 4. Please briefly describe the background to the formation and current status of the Wahdat and Harakat parties. If Wahdat is in control, do its members target Harakat members? 5. What is the current situation in the Angori region of Jaghori for people who are members of the Harakat party? 6. What is the latest country information on the treatment of Westernised returnees to Afghanistan? 7. Is there any evidence that a Shia Muslim who no longer believes in religion would face harm in Afghanistan generally, and in the Angori region of Jaghori and in Kabul in particular? 8. Is the Taliban currently active in Kabul? Does the Taliban or any other group currently target adversely Hazaras in Kabul? Please detail. 9. Is there any effective state protection in Afghanistan generally and in Kabul in particular? 10. Is there any information regarding the prospects of an unsuccessful asylum seeker obtaining employment in Kabul?

7 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Which group or party is effectively in control of it (I am particularly interested in knowing what sway the Taliban have in that area)? 2. What is their known or likely attitude to Hazaras/Shi'a Muslims? 3. What is their known or likely attitude to westernised young returnees? 4. If a Hazara needed to seek protection from the state (eg local police/security forces), is there any evidence that that protection might be refused at present? If so why? 5. Are family members of people who supported the Sepah faction of Hezb-e-Wahdat at risk from any source locally? 6. What is the current situation in Kabul in terms of safety and general ability to find work/accommodation security for a young Hazara returnee without family support?

8 December 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. Can you provide any information about the current or recent situation in Char Bagh, which used to be in Shibarghan district of Jawzjan province but, from the AIMS maps, is now in Sar-e Pol district of Sar-e Pol province? Can you confirm or otherwise the claim that most of the Hazaras there (it was mainly a Hazara village) have been driven out by Tajiks, Uzbeks and Pashtuns from neighbouring areas, because they're Hazara and Shi'a and/or no protection is given to them because of their ethnicity and religion? 2. Please provide recent information on the control and security situation in Sar-e Pol province generally. 3. Please provide recent information on the control and security situation in Sar-e Pol district. 4. Please provide recent information on the situation of Hazaras in Sar-e Pol district and province now. 5. Please provide any evidence of experiences of Hazaras who have returned to Sar-e Pol district or province

23 August 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Afghanistan: 1. What is the current law and order situation in Western Kabul (for instance in Dasht Barchi)? 2. Is an acceptable level of protection offered to the local inhabitants there by the police and/or other security forces? 3. If not, is a significant element of the reason the fact that the local inhabitants are predominantly Hazara?

5 April 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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