The genocide that Afghans inflicted on Hazaras is still really a secret. Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901, using fatwa by Sunni mullahs that declared Shi’a Hazaras infidels & jihad against them an obligation, massed an army of 100,000, & massacred 50% ...> https://twitter.com/AfghanHistorian/status/1180138338033913856
... of Hazara men, 400,000 were displaced, almost all women & children were sold as slaves. All this happened at the cusp of the 19th century. Is there any sense of guilt among modern Afghans for this sin?
Also was Iqbal aware of this? Because he wrote qaseedais of Afghan amirs as the right sort of rulers for the Muslim ummah.
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