I think one way to understand the current situation of the Hazaras under the Taliban is to see how, in the South Asian region in general, Islamic extremism operates. The hatred towards religious minorities such as the Shias, Ahmadis, Hindus and other minorities who live in Afghanistan and Pakistan is one of the main driving forces for recruitment of these extremist groups. You can't go around saying to another Sunni, “Oh, let's join our group and kill our fellow Sunnis.” It's not going to work.
All these madrasas in Afghanistan and Pakistan are recruiting people. They say that there is a jihad going on, that there are non-Muslims like the Hazaras, and that if you kill them, you will go to heaven. You will go to paradise. A lot of these young suicidal men join the Taliban and ISIS because of that.
Right now, the Taliban is acting like a state, and several countries treat them like a state, but what kind of state is it? They have a regiment of suicidal attackers in their army. Any normal army would not have a suicide squad, but they do. In one of the groups, there are 1,500 men ready to commit suicide. These are not states. These are not governments. These are terror organizations, and they operate like terror organizations.
One way they operate, one way they recruit people and fundraise, is through propagating hate. In Pakistan, if you walk into any bookstore, you can pick up books about why Shias are non-Muslim rafidi. In these madrasa schools, there are textbooks that test students on this kind of hate. There is a systemic hatred against religious minorities, and the Hazaras—