Afghanistan International: Taliban Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharaei has rejected allegations of “systematic discrimination” and attempts to forcibly displace Hazaras, saying land recovery is a legal matter unrelated to ethnicity or religion. His remarks came after the Taliban Justice Ministry had earlier declared Omid-e Sabz township in Kabul state property and ordered residents to leave
Afghanistan International: Credible sources in the Taliban’s Justice Ministry say the commission for recovering seized land plans to review Hazara and Shia townships and properties across several Afghan provinces. A community elder from western Kabul told Afghanistan International: “The Hazaras do not want conflict with the Taliban, but the Justice Ministry is making provocative decisions
8am: Several local workers in Andarab district, Baghlan province, are complaining about the Taliban’s ban on gold panning activities. They say the management of gold extraction has been handed over to individuals affiliated with the Taliban from Kandahar province, and when they protested this decision, they faced a violent response from Taliban forces. These workers
Amu: Mahmood Khan Achakzai, a prominent Pakistani opposition leader, has called on Pashtuns in Pakistan to obtain Afghan identity cards, a proposal that has drawn criticism from Afghan politicians and former officials. Achakzai, leader of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and a senior opposition figure in Pakistan, argued that because millions of Pakistanis hold dual
Khaama: Farhad Darya called for greater acceptance of Afghanistan’s ethnic and cultural diversity during a gathering marking Hazara Culture Day in Washington, D.C. Speaking Sunday at the event, Darya said he hopes a day will come when “no child fears because of identity and no mother cries because of her child’s ethnicity.” Click here to
Amu: Juma Khan Fateh, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Zabul province in south, has agreed to disarm armed men loyal to him in Badakhshan as Taliban attempt to contain a widening dispute over gold mines in the northeastern province, local sources told Amu TV on Saturday. The reported agreement was reached during a meeting with
Afghanistan International: Local sources in Badakhshan tell Afghanistan International that the Taliban have detained several individuals, including relatives of a number of the group’s ethnic Tajik commanders, amid an ongoing dispute over gold. According to these sources, those detained include Khaled, a nephew of Mawlawi Amanuddin Mansoor, the Taliban’s governor in Helmand; Musa Kaka, a
8am: Baloch residents of Nimroz province are raising complaints about what they describe as discriminatory and double-standard treatment by the Taliban. They say that years of drought had pushed most people in Nimroz to rely on informal fuel imports for their livelihoods, while others worked in passenger transport or guided laborers crossing smuggling routes into
Afghanistan International: The Parliament of Catalonia has condemned “structural discrimination” and “systematic violence” against Hazaras in Afghanistan, urging independent investigations and support for Hazara refugees. The Catalan parliament also emphasised support for the rights of Hazara victims and asylum seekers, including humanitarian protection, asylum policies and resettlement mechanisms. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Recently, a video has been circulated on social media that indicates systematic ethnic discrimination and has triggered widespread reactions. The young man who recorded the video says that his father was discharged from an operating room bed at a hospital in Kandahar solely because he was Hazara, without undergoing surgery, and was told that