Hundreds of Hazara Families Risk Forced Eviction in Khas Uruzgan

Locals sources in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province report that hundreds of Hazara families remain at risk of forced eviction in the district’s Joy Naw area.

Joy Naw is a Hazara-dominated area while the surrounding villages are largely resided by ethnic Pashtuns. Before the Taliban takeover two years ago, nearly 1500 Hazara families lived in Joy Naw, according to the sources, but today some 300 families remain as conflict and violence forced many to flee the area.