he Hazara community in Queens reportedly consists of approximately 100 families who came to the U.S. via Quetta, Pakistan, a city to which many had fled (especially from Afghanistan) and where hundreds of thousands of Hazaras live. The community is now by and large three generations removed from their Afghan homeland, near Bamiyan. Many Hazara were recruited as translators for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, a very dangerous job, and many are now coming to the U.S. after completing the translation work. The Hazara language is close to Persian/Tajik/Dari, but the Hazaras claim Mongol ancestry and associate to some degree with the Mongolian language communities in the city.