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Kabul Express and Hazaras


Out of such a curiosity I was waiting for the movie KABUL EXPRESS,But
when I watched this movie ,It really shocked me ,When I saw how they
discriminated Hazara ethnic group and characterized them as an evil
image in the movie.But as a matter of fact 65% of Hazara people has
been genocide since the reign of king Abdul Rahman Khan till the fall
of Taliban,Before the offense against the Hazara people were through
different ways like mass killing ,abuse ,treating them as low class
afghan citizens ,since its believed that Hazaras came with the army of
Genghis Khan,Today we are observing that Hazaras are being
discriminated through different means ,And a very good example is the
movie Kabul Express,Now one must think who should be blamed for this
discrimination ,Bollywood and Hazaras,what they have to do with
each other,though I'm pretty sure that at least hundred thousands of
Hazara s watch bollywood movies all over the world,For a while I was
thinking and trying to figure out ,then I came to the conclusion that
we still have evil elements active in the capital Kabul,who guided
these movie makers how to make ur script,And those evil elements knew
that what exactly they are trying to show ,My point is towards Kabir
Khan as well ,whose background is obviously pashtoon ,An old rival for
Hazara Mughuls,And few other culprits who played a major role while
making this movie ,which I must say is baseless and has got nothing to
do with Hazaras ,Though all those made up stories against Hazaras
directly applies to Pashtoons in south of afghanistan who are well known for human trafficking
and sending illegal cars and drugs across the borders of Afghanistan,So in the
end I must say the movie really disappointed the Hazaras ,And I guess bollywood
movies are good to watch when they make love stories,because it keeps
those people entertained who live in a world of fantasy ,Alpes ranges
of Switzerland where we see bollywood actors running back and fourth at the bottom of those mountains.

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I found it accurate representation of the racial prejudices of the region.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
--Oscar Wilde

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