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Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Afghanistan Bus Bombing

1st May, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 1, 2022 The Islamic State (IS) extremist group claimed responsibility on May 1 for a bomb attack on a passenger bus in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the previous day. One woman was killed and three people were injured in the April 30 bombing, Kabul police said. No group has taken

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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Afghanistan among the ‘worst of the worst’ in violating religious freedom: US panel

28th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The report said that in Afghanistan, many minority Jewish, Hindu and Sikh residents have fled the country after the IEA [Taliban] returned to power. It said many members of other religious minorities, such as Ahmadiyya Muslims, Baha’is and Christian converts are worshipping in secret for fear of persecution. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Hindus, Afghan Sikhs, Life under Taliban rule, Religious minorities in Afghanistan, Shiites |
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Two Explosions in Mazar-E-Sharif Leave Nine Killed, 13 Injured

28th April, 2022 · admin

8am: As a result of two explosions on passenger’s vehicle (minivan) in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, at least nine people have been killed and several others are injured. Eyewitnesses say the first blast took place near the Sakhi shrine, targeting a minivan in a bus station. Meanwhile, according to information provided to the media by

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, ethnic cleansing, Hazaras, Mazar-e-Sharif, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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IS Claims Deadly Shi’ite Mosque Bombing In Northern Afghanistan; Several Dead In Other Attacks

21st April, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 21, 2022 A series of explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan on April 21. An explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif killed at least 11 people, said Zia Zendani, spokesman for the provincial health authority in the city,

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, ethnic cleansing, Hazaras, Kabul, Kunduz, Mazar-e-Sharif, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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At Least Six Dead In Series Of Blasts At School In Afghan Capital

19th April, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 19, 2022 At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in three blasts that rocked a boys’ school in a Shi’ite Hazara neighborhood of Kabul on April 19, police in the Afghan capital said. Khaled Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul Police Command, told RFE/RL that the explosions occurred at the Abdul

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Posted in Afghan Children, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Hazaras, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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Taliban Rebels Publicly Humiliate a Shiite Traveler for Not Fasting in Ghor

15th April, 2022 · admin

8am: The Taliban has reportedly tortured a Hazara Shiite traveler in the city of Firuzkuh, the capital of Ghor province, for not fasting during Ramadan. According to locals and eyewitnesses, the Taliban rebels arrested the man, while having lunch at a restaurant. He was humiliated in the public in the center of Feruzkuh Bazar. In

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Ethnic descrmination, Ghor, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Ramadan, Shiites |
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Force Congregation Prayer: Directorate of Education Staff in Daikundi Offer Zuhr Prayers Two Times

13th April, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources in Daikundi province have confirmed that the Taliban’s Department of Vice and Virtue has instructed Daikundi Education Directorate staff who are the Shia sect to perform Zuhr prayers led by the Head of Education Directorate who is Sunni. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Daikundi, Life under Taliban rule, Shiites, Sunnis |
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Taliban Bans Broadcasting Iranian TV Shows on Tamadon Private TV

1st April, 2022 · admin

8am: Recently, sources in Kabul have reported that Taliban Intelligence Department has banned the broadcast of Iranian shows via Tamadon TV. Tamadon TV belongs to Mohsehni Family, a Pashtun Shia family from Kandahar. The motive behind these recent decisions of Taliban is not clear. This is the second TV channel show being banned by Taliban

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Posted in Censorship, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Media, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Shiites |
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Tithes to Put Economic Pressure on Citizens

7th January, 2022 · admin

8am: Since August 15, Taliban officials from the province’s agriculture and livestock department began collecting tithes from people in Bamiyan. In the process, the Taliban took one-tenth of every crop and animal of the peasants. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Bamiyan, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Shiites |
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Two Explosions Hit Kabul; Casualties Reported

17th November, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 17, 2021 Two explosions hit the Afghan capital, Kabul, on November 17, killing one person and wounding six others, Afghan media said. The casualties were reported in the first blast that occurred in the mainly Hazara neighborhood of Dasht-e Barchi in Kabul’s west, TOLOnews said, citing a Taliban official. Three

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Hazaras, Sectarian violence in Afghanistan, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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