in it more than half a century ago. i was born here. more than a,000 people from daykundi are now displaced. translation: this is the only thing i took from our home, i a piece of cloth. i am here with my children and grandchildren. since the taliban takeover of afghanistan, hazaras have been living in fear. when the taliban were last in power in the 1990s, they had a history of persecuting ethnic and religious minorities, especially the hazaras. since the beginning of september, taliban fighters have claimed ownership of about 20 hazara villages, claiming the families have lived here illegally. these villagers say they ve got all the right documentation. translation: the taliban gave us nine days to evacuate - and leave our houses. they said, if you don t move out, we will punish you and you cannot complain. we want our rights, this is our home. according to local
community leaders, thousands of people are now homeless. they re living in valleys, riversides and caves. they ve lost notjust their homes but farmers, animals and their annual product. when a community leader asked a taliban official where he should seek shelter during the coming winter season, he responded, hell. the taliban deny they are targeting this community. they ve also rejected amnesty international s recent investigation. they sent us this video response. translation: this report is one-sided, and we calll to all international organisations to come and conduct a proper investigation in the field. this is not an acceptable conclusion. the investigation was not transparent. the hazaras of daykundi have had little choice but to flee, taking whatever little possession they could carry. what they can t escape now is the harsh winter and humanitarian crisis that is unfolding. yalda hakim, bbc news.
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in the taliban were lost in power 20 years ago, last in power. they persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, especially the hazara. amnesty international says 13 members of the hazara community were killed by the taliban in the past month. the bbc s yalda hakim reports. daykundi, south of kabul, home to the hazaras, from the minority shia muslim community. this is home of mohammed, a farmer who says this house has been in his family for generations. now he s been told by his new taliban rulers that he and his family of eight must leave. mohammed refused, so they began to destroy his home. explosion. translation: they didn t give us any reason. - they said, these lands are ours and you should leave. that was our family home. this was an empty land when my grandfather built our home