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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Weronika Strzyżyńska

Hundreds of Hazaras killed by ISKP since Taliban took power, say rights group

A woman leaves a Shia shrine in a predominantly Hazara neighbourhood while two Taliban men stand guard in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 2021.
A woman leaves a Shia shrine in a predominantly Hazara neighbourhood while two Taliban men stand guard in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 2021. Photograph: Bram Janssen/AP

Hazara communities in Afghanistan are being targeted in violent attacks by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, with more than 700 people killed in 13 attacks in the past year, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

In the report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Taliban of doing little to protect Hazara and other religious minorities from suicide bombings and deadly attacks, and failing to provide adequate medical care and assistance to victims and their families, despite pledging to do so when they took power in August 2021.

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