The Dashte Barchi area is populated by members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority.[12] In 2018, 34 people were killed in a school bombing and around 24 people were killed in an attack on wrestling club in the area.[13] In 2020, 24 people were killed in an attack on maternity hospital and around 30 were killed when Kawsar-e-Danish tutoring center was attacked in the same area.