After Harakat lost in Qarabagh of Ghazni in 1985 to Nasr, the political organizations united to force out Hizb-e Islami from the districts of Jaghori and Malistan. However, there were only sporadic clashes here and the central government lacked interest in Malistan. Around 1997, as the Taliban began to take control of Hazarajat, the area was put under food blockade, leaving approximately 1 million Hazaras on the brink of starvation, including those in Malistan.
In 1985, after Harakat lost in Qarabagh of Ghazni to Nasr, political groups joined forces to remove Hizb-e Islami from Jaghori and Malistan. However, there were only rare confrontations here, and the central government was uninterested in Malistan. By 1997, as the Taliban took control of Hazarajat, the region faced a food blockade that nearly starved approximately one million Hazaras, including those in Malistan.