May 19, 2013
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Hazāra are a Persian-speaking people who mainly live in central Afghanistan. They are overwhelmingly Twelver Shia Muslims and comprise the third largest ethnic group of Afghanistan, forming about 18% to 25% of the total population. More than 650,000 Hazara live in neighbouring Pakistan and an estimated one million in Iran.
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![Women, children slam Shia massacre in Pakistan [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-3254000/3254538/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b6881825decd21e948ba3937d8fd91d1)