The Hazara Research Collective, established in August 2020, is a global network of scholars, journalists, non-governmental organizations, students, researchers, and civil society members interested in collecting, recording and analysing data on the human rights situation of Hazaras worldwide.

Hazaras of Afghanistan has suffered losing of more than a thousand deaths and injured during the National Unity Government (NUG) in last five years. Almost all suicide and orchestrated attacks along with various target killing, beheading and kidnapping have been proclaimed by the Taliban and Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-PK). It surpluses the blatant discrimination of Afghan government and unclear security prospect steaming from rapid reemergence of the Taliban and new anti-Hazaras radical groups such as IS-PK across the country.

In Afghanistan, where most people are illiterate and live in areas without paved roads or regular electricity, a state-of-the-art smart-chip ID card may seem extravagant. But the government believes it can help with everything from census data to voter registration to health care.

“The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, explores the complicated familial relationships of Amir, a Pashtun boy growing up in 1970s Afghanistan. Though the novel only has three main settings -- Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States -- these settings are depicted over different times. The setting in “The Kite Runner” directly affects how the main characters interact with one another at different points in their lives.

The Kite Runner is set primarily in Afghanistan and the United States between the 1960s and early 2000s. The setting of Afghanistan is particularly important to the arc of the novel, because the violence and betrayal inflicted upon the country are reflections of the events that happen to the main characters.

KABUL — The kites appear suddenly, whimsical flashes of color that kick above this beige landscape of relentless dust and desperation.