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Cultural - Brittany Flores The Hazaras and Pashtun people are drastically different. Hazaras are considered to be Persian speaking people, who inhabit central Afghanistan. They are persecuted by majority groups, for they are a minority. They are also easily spotted among other Afghan people, for they have Asian features. Culturally, they are “...considered to be Turko-Mongol as they look like Mongolians and East Asians whereas they share a cultural background with the Turkic people of Central Asia” ( “Difference Between Hazara and Pashtun” ). Pashtuns form the largest ethnic group. They mainly speak the Pashto language and their culture is based on a “...traditional code of Pashtunwali, which tells the individual how to behave as individual and in the society” ( “Difference Between Hazara and Pashtun” ). “The difference in Religion of the Pashtun and Hazara are two different branches of Islam” (DeRosa).

Works Cited “Difference Between Hazara and Pashtun” Differencebetween.info. Difference Between, n. d. Web. 13 Oct 2015 DeRosa, Ashley “Comparing Pashtun and Hazara” Fensti.freehostia.com. Fensti, n.d. Web. 13 Oct 2015

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The Pashtun and Hazara people have a long history that has often led into turmoil. A man named Abdur Rahman Khan was a Pashtun ruler who had a hatred for the Hazara people and started to basically isolate them. “ The Hazaras form a minority group of Afghanistan, and thus are persecuted by the majority groups” ( “Difference Between Hazara and Pashtun” ). This hatred does not come from any wrongdoing done by the Hazaras but from a problem with ethnicity. Attempts to fight back have led to fights between the two that did not end well. “ Hazara men, women and children were massacred by other Taliban members in the same city in August 1998”(Persecution of Hazara people). Being the minority the Hazara people have had no chance to really ever get ahead in life.

Work Cited “Difference Between Hazara and Pashtun” DifferenceBetween.info. DifferenceBetween, n.d. Web. 13 October 2015

“ Persecution of Hazara People” Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia, 24 August 2015. Web. 13 October 2015