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  • Genghis Khan divided his forces into "hazaras" or units of 1000 soldiers each and the people who live there still bear that name today.

    Lt. Timothy Merritt: A Particularly Magical Visit to Bamian Province and Zarsang Village 2008

  • With broad, open features, the hazaras look different from Afghan pashtuns and are often bullied and treated as inferior, at best a servant class.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • With broad, open features, the hazaras look different from Afghan pashtuns and are often bullied and treated as inferior, at best a servant class.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • The Taliban in the South, the Tajiks and Uzbeks in the north and the other groups such as the hazaras etc. will never give up tribalism and let the US-beaten in Vietnam, Somalia and now Iraq come and decide their future.

    The Lede 2009

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