Hazarajat
Proper noun
Meaning
A region of Afghanistan
The central highlands of Afghanistan, in the Hindu-Kush,
The homeland of the Hazaras, in the central highlands of Afghanistan
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Examples
Although Afghanistan has been historically one of the poorest countries in the world, the Hazarajat region has been kept even more poor from development by past governments.
He launched several campaigns in Hazarajat due to resistance from the Hazara in which his forces committed atrocities.
In 2007 some Kuchi nomads entered into parts of Hazarajat to graze their livestock, and when the local Hazara resisted, a clash took place and several people on both sides died using assault rifles.
The different tribes come from regions such as Parwan, Bamiyan, Ghazni and Maydan-Shahr and have spreaded outwards from Hazarajat (Main City) into Kabul and other parts of Afghanistan.
For example, there have been more than 5000 kilometers of road pavement completed across Afghanistan, of which little was done in central Afghanistan Hazarajat.
It is believed that allowing the Kuchis to use some of the grazing land in Hazarajat began during the rule of Abdur Rahman Khan.