Syed Raza Hazara, 18, back flips as he performs Parkour at the Qayum Papa Stadium in Mariabad, Quetta, Pakistan, June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
HAZARA TOWN, Pakistan (Reuters) - High walls around the neighbourhoods of Pakistan's embattled Hazara community in the southwestern city of Quetta are designed to protect them from extremist militants, but also serve as a constant reminder of the threat they face.
Soldiers and security checkpoints greet visitors to Hazara Town, one of two large guarded neighbourhoods in the capital of Baluchistan, a province where religious and sectarian groups often target the mostly Shia Hazaras with bombs and guns.
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