[Afrasiab]

Kabul - Thousands of members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority protested Tuesday on the streets of Kabul over a land dispute with the nomadic Kochi tribe.

Hazara leaders charged that a dozen of their people were killed and thousands displaced in Kochi attacks in the central province of Wardak after the nomads entered the Besud district there in recent months in search of grazing land for their livestock.

Hazara people based in the district said the Kochi destroyed their harvest and houses, and this week, Haji Muhammad Muhaqiq, an Afghan lawmaker and leader of the Hazara community, went on hunger strike in protest of what his people have called a land grab.

Government officials gave no numbers of protest participants, but rally organizers said more than 8,000 people took part.

Demonstrators shouted slogans against the Kochis and carried posters of Hazaras they said were killed in Kochi attacks.

The dispute began a year ago over grazing rights in the Besud district. The Afghan government assigned two commissions to resolve the dispute, but they failed to do so.

President Hamid Karzai subsequently ordered the Kochis to leave the district, prompting the Afghan National Directorate of Security to warn that Hazaras had no need to demonstrate, but the Hazara community ignored the warning.

[Afrasiab]

Who are these "nomadic Kochi tribes"?

[Khorasanpur]

[QUOTE=Afrasiab;11917]Who are these "nomadic Kochi tribes"?[/QUOTE]

They are Pashtuns from both sides of the Afg-Pak 2400 km border.

[TajMahal]

Old stories.

[Sohrab]

This coflict is not good for the Tajiks.

[dokhtare pulegun]

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Old stories.

What the dozak is that supposed to mean?

Anyway, here are pictures of the protest:

[dokhtare pulegun]

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This coflict is not good for the Tajiks.

Why do you say that?

These protesters are very angry at Karzai... THAT is good. Finally people are realizing how two faced he is.

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=dokhtare pulegun;12235]

These protesters are very angry at Karzai... THAT is good. [/QUOTE]

Karzai and his bunch are only individuals who will go away eventually, that is not important.

[Khurasani]

I really appreciate them; when i see them all together...(When i look to those photos)...

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=Khurasani;12254]I really appreciate them; when i see them all together...(When i look to those photos)...[/QUOTE]

Hazaras are stronger than the Tajiks!!! But this conflict of Kuchi/Hazara is not good for us.

[dokhtare pulegun]

Ok, Rika Khana. You keep saying that but you haven't say WHY. Please do so because you're confusing the rest of us with your hollow posts.

[Khorasanpur]

[QUOTE=Rika Khana;12255]Hazaras are stronger than the Tajiks!!! But this conflict of Kuchi/Hazara is not good for us.[/QUOTE]

tell us why?

The more unhappy ppl with karzai's gov, the weaker Karzai and his team will become.

[Kambiz]

I think it would be wiser for Tajiks to support Hazaras in their struggle against Kochis. That's a perfect moment for building a unity.

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=Kambiz;12278]I think it would be wiser for Tajiks to support Hazaras in their struggle against Kochis. That's a perfect moment for building a unity.[/QUOTE]

I am a person who always want unity with Hazaras, but before that Tajiks must be united among themselves, otherwise their unity with hazaras will be totally meaningless. We have to support them and they need to support us.

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=dokhtare pulegun;12272]Ok, Rika Khana. You keep saying that but you haven't say WHY. Please do so because you're confusing the rest of us with your hollow posts.[/QUOTE]

Dear dokhtare,

This conflict is one of the sources of talks of making Kuchis to abondan the gypsy style life and reside in one place. And the protesters are demanding for the the kuchis to be settled permanantly. Have we ever thought where they will be settled?

[dokhtare pulegun]

Pakistan? Lol.

[dokhtare pulegun]

On a serious note, we cannot change people's way of life... Asking them to settle down will not work.

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=dokhtare pulegun;12303]On a serious note, we cannot change people's way of life... Asking them to settle down will not work.[/QUOTE]

What if they decide to settle? where can they be place?

[Mahasti]

[quote=Rika Khana;12355]What if they decide to settle? where can they be place?[/quote]
In southern or eastern Afghanistan..

[Sohrab]

[QUOTE=NightWish;12356]In southern or eastern Afghanistan.. [/QUOTE]

According to the members of Tajikam.com yes, but what do you think of realities on the ground back home?