{"id":808,"date":"2015-04-05T18:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/808-top-afghan-shia-leader-says-is-behind-shia-kidnappings\/"},"modified":"2015-04-05T18:41:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:41:44","slug":"top-afghan-shia-leader-says-is-behind-shia-kidnappings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/808-top-afghan-shia-leader-says-is-behind-shia-kidnappings\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Afghan Shia leader says IS behind Shia kidnappings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Afghanistan&#8217;s senior Shia community leader said that the so-called Islamic State group is responsible for kidnapping dozens of Shia men and boys in February<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s senior Shia community leader said that the so-called Islamic State group is responsible for kidnapping dozens of Shia men and boys in February.<\/p>\n<p>He added that two former Taliban leaders, who switched allegiance to the rival of the so-called Islamic State group, were responsible for the abduction of 31 members of the minority Shia Hazara community on Feb. 24 in southern Zabul province.<\/p>\n<p>He went on saying that Afghan security forces had launched an operation to find the Hazaras in the week after the kidnappings, but the effort failed.<\/p>\n<p>The Hazaras were abducted from two vehicles on a major road in Zabul province by men described by officials at the time as wearing black clothing and black masks. 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