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Afghanistan’s Shiite Minority Cautiously Embraces Taliban Rule, Seeking Protection

16th November, 2021 · admin

WSJ: The Taliban’s new outreach to the Shiite minority goes only so far. Hundreds of Hazara families were displaced by Pashtuns in parts of the Daikundi province in September. The community’s sole representative in Afghanistan’s new government, dominated by Pashtun Sunni clerics, is a deputy minister of health. In Bamiyan province, overwhelmingly populated by Shiites, the most senior Shiite official is Mawlawi Mahdi, the provincial director of intelligence. That is a far cry from the prominent role that Shiites enjoyed in the U.S.-backed Afghan republic. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Ethnic Issues, Taliban | Tags: Bamiyan, Daikundi, Hazaras, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Shiites |
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