"When God created the donkey, the Hazaras wept," runs a particularly heartless Afghan saying. Historically the servant underclass, the Hazaras, who are members of the Shia Muslim minority and have a distinctive Central Asian look, have long been the butt of such jibes. Nowadays it is a little different. A painting in the office of Hussain Yasa, the editor of Outlook Afghanistan, a magazine, depicts the stereotypical Hazara man: a threadbare street porter. Yet the basket on his back is laden not with the usual wood or cement, but with a computer and dangling mouse.
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