Qarabaghi (Hazara tribe)
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Qarabaghi, Qara Baghi or Karabagh (
tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan that originates from the Qarabagh district of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan.[1]
Etymology
Qarabagh is a compound of the
.Geographic distribution
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Most Qarabaghi live in and originate from the aforementioned
Uruzgani, and Maska. The Qarabaghi mainly reside in the Nauabad locale, with a minority living in the Mari Abad and Hazara Town areas. There is also a Qarabaghi minority in Australia and Indonesia
, as well as other countries that the Hazara reside in.
Relations with the Taliban
The Qarabaghi tribe is notable for its close relations with the Taliban, which arose due to their close proximity to the Sunni Pashtun population surrounding them, with which they even intermarry. The tribe has joint security initiatives with the Taliban, and a number of its members became Taliban fighters, participating in the Taliban insurgency.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Hazara tribal structure, Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, US Naval Postgraduate School.
- ^ "Dictionary".
- ISBN 978-92-9494-181-7.
Qarabaghi, a cluster of villages near the provincial capital of Ghazni, inhabited by a community of Shia Hazaras ... are surrounded by a Sunni population and have very normalised and friendly relations with them, including even inter-marriages. In this particular context, these Hazara communities had active Taliban fighters. ... The Hazaras joined with the Sunni Pashtuns in collective security or governance initiatives which were sometimes directed by the Taliban.
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