8am: The massacre of Shia pilgrims at the border between the provinces of Ghor and Daykundi, for which ISIS has claimed responsibility, has once again highlighted the issue of Anti-Shiism among extremist Islamic groups. This event occurred in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, a group that has repeatedly demonstrated that it is no less anti-Shia than ISIS. Shias, as a religious minority in Afghanistan, face severe discrimination and systematic oppression from the Taliban, while ISIS systematically targets them for massacre. The recent incident is the latest example of such ISIS crimes, occurring at a time when the Taliban have recently spoken about the absence of ISIS in Afghanistan. Whenever the Taliban make such misleading claims, one must be wary of the deadly actions of ISIS. This kind of brutal massacre is, in fact, a sign of the reappearance of a terrorist group that, contrary to all the false claims of the Taliban officials, remains actively present in Afghanistan, and the Kabul regime can never completely eradicate it. Click here to read more (external link).
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