Memorial
Massacres, attacks and the people lost to them.
- Abdur Rahman Khan's campaigns against the HazarasIn the 1890s, the forces of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan carried out mass killing, enslavement and forced displacement of Hazaras. Legal scholars have argued that these acts constitute genocide.
- Afshar operation of 1993In February 1993, mujahedin forces attacked the Afshar area of west Kabul, then held by the Hazara party Hizb-i Wahdat. Militias murdered civilians, and hundreds more were abducted and never seen again.
- Dasht-e Barchi maternity ward attackOn 12 May 2020, gunmen attacked the maternity wing of Dasht-e Barchi hospital in Kabul, killing 24 people, including 16 mothers.
- Deh Mazang bombing of 2016On 23 July 2016, suicide bombers attacked a peaceful Enlightenment Movement demonstration in Kabul, killing at least 85 civilians and injuring 413, according to the United Nations.
- Kaaj education centre bombingOn 30 September 2022, a suicide bomber attacked students sitting a practice exam at the Kaaj education centre in Dasht-e Barchi, Kabul. The UN counted at least 43 killed, mostly girls and young women.
- Kahor killings of 2021On 30 August 2021, Taliban forces killed 13 Hazaras in Kahor village, Daykundi province, including former security personnel who had surrendered and a 17-year-old girl.
- Mazar-i Sharif massacre of 1998After capturing Mazar-i Sharif on 8 August 1998, Taliban forces killed at least 2,000 people, by the estimate of Human Rights Watch. Hazara men and boys were particularly targeted.
- Mundarakht killings of 2021Between 4 and 6 July 2021, Taliban fighters killed nine Hazara men in Mundarakht village, Ghazni province, according to an Amnesty International investigation.
- Quetta bombings of 2013Two bombings in Quetta, Pakistan, in January and February 2013 killed at least 180 Hazaras, among the deadliest sectarian attacks in Pakistan's history.
- Sayed al-Shuhada school bombingOn 8 May 2021, bombs exploded outside Sayed al-Shuhada school in Dasht-e Barchi, Kabul, as girls left class. Most of those killed were girls.
- Yakaolang massacre of 2001In January 2001, Taliban forces retaking Yakaolang district rounded up and executed Hazara men, including elders who came to negotiate and aid workers.