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Concerns Over Taliban’s Religious Restrictions: Shia Muslims at Risk of ‘Slow’ Genocide

6th August, 2023 · admin

8am: The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) urgently calls for coordinated international action to protect the Shia and Hazara communities in Afghanistan. In their statement, the organization highlights that the Afghan Shia, primarily comprising Hazaras, face systematic discrimination, targeted attacks, marginalization, harassment, and severe restrictions under the Taliban’s rule. The report reveals

Ashura Observance: The Taliban Beat up Shiite Mourners

30th July, 2023 · admin

8am: Following the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Shiites have encountered restrictions and numerous threats during the observance of the tenth day of Muharram, known as Ashura. In the past, suicide attacks targeted Muharram mourning gatherings on several occasions. This year, the Taliban imposed limitations on these religious ceremonies, forbidding Shiites from holding street gatherings, performing

Taliban Shooting Targets Shiites in Ghazni; Death Toll Reaches Four

29th July, 2023 · admin

8am: According to confirmed reports on Saturday, July 29, by Hasht-e Subh, the shooting by Taliban forces in the Naw-Abad area of Ghazni city resulted in three fatalities, including a 12-year-old child, and left at least ten others injured. Sources indicate that these individuals were killed and wounded as a direct result of the Taliban’s

Shi’ite Scholars Ask Mourners To Tone Down Muharram Observance After Taliban Imposed Restrictions

27th July, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 27, 2023 The Council of Shi’ite Scholars of Afghanistan on July 26 published a declaration calling on mourners to scale back their activities during ceremonies to mark the start of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The council’s declaration called on mourners to refrain from programs and street processions

Afghanistan’s Shi’ite Minority Suffers ‘Systematic Discrimination’ Under Taliban Rule

17th July, 2023 · admin

Abubakar Siddique Mansoor Khosrow Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 17, 2023 When the Taliban seized power in 2021, Afghanistan’s Shi’ite Hazara minority feared that the historically persecuted community would once again become the main target of Taliban atrocities. During its first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban terrorized the group, wresting control

Bomb Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 1, Wounds 5 Journalists

11th March, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 11, 2023 ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast tore through a Shiite cultural center in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province Saturday, killing a security guard and wounding at least eight people. A local police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri, told VOA the blast had targeted a ceremony honoring the Afghan media in the

Taliban Ban Shia-Sunni Marriages in Badakhshan’s Nusay District

3rd February, 2023 · admin

8am: In the announcement issued by the Taliban-appointed district governor in Nusay district of Badakhshan province, it is stated: “Regarding religious and ideological considerations, all ethnic groups in the territory of this district are instructed that from now on, no one from Sunni followers will be allowed to give a daughter to a Shia follower,

Afghans Honor Victims Of Education Center Attack With Books

17th November, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 17, 2022 The lives lost when a bomb tore through the Kaaj Higher Education Center in Kabul, killing scores of students and educators, can never be replaced. But the victims’ desire for learning lives on thanks to book drives to establish libraries in their honor. Fifty-eight people were killed and 126

Taliban Turns Mosque and Library into Military Base in Jaghori District, Ghazni

25th October, 2022 · admin

8am: According to sources, the Taliban have also forced the local residents in the district to bring them food. The residents meanwhile said that they cannot provide food for the Taliban because of the poor economy. Sources have stated that the public library is in Dawood area of the district which has been turned into

Afghan Women Protest Against ‘Hazara Genocide’ After Deadly Suicide Bombing

1st October, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 1, 2022 Several dozen Afghans, mostly women, have protested after a suicide bombing killed dozens of mostly female students preparing for university entrance exams in Kabul. Police have put the death toll in the September 30 attack at “at least 20 people,” while the United Nations told the AFP news agency

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Concerns Over Taliban’s Religious Restrictions: Shia Muslims at Risk of ‘Slow’ Genocide

Ashura Observance: The Taliban Beat up Shiite Mourners

Taliban Shooting Targets Shiites in Ghazni; Death Toll Reaches Four

Shi’ite Scholars Ask Mourners To Tone Down Muharram Observance After Taliban Imposed Restrictions

Afghanistan’s Shi’ite Minority Suffers ‘Systematic Discrimination’ Under Taliban Rule

Bomb Blast in Northern Afghanistan Kills 1, Wounds 5 Journalists

Taliban Ban Shia-Sunni Marriages in Badakhshan’s Nusay District

Afghans Honor Victims Of Education Center Attack With Books

Taliban Turns Mosque and Library into Military Base in Jaghori District, Ghazni

Afghan Women Protest Against ‘Hazara Genocide’ After Deadly Suicide Bombing