Hazara Genocide Archive

Tala wa Barfak, Baghlan Province

Armed men in northern Afghanistan ambushed Hazara coal miners, killing at least eight of them. The attack occurred in the Tala-wa-Barfak district of Baghlan Province, which is one of the key coal-mining centers in northern Afghanistan. According to Faiz Mohammad Amiri, the district governor of Tala wa Barfak, the miners were traveling on a passenger bus returning to their homes in central Daykundi Province when they were attacked. Those who were killed were from Daykundi Province, and all of them were Hazara.