An affiliate of the ISIS in Afghanistan has targeted Hazaras \u2013 a predominantly Shia Muslim ethnic group \u2013 and other minorities, in a wave of attacks at mosques, schools and workplaces, undermining the Taliban\u2019s promise of greater security, the Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday, 6th of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ISKP (Khorasan Province) has repeatedly attacked religious minorities, with the Taliban authorities doing little to protect them from attacks or to provide necessary medical care and other assistance to victims and their families, the group said in a scathing report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the Taliban\u2019s return to power, the ISKP has claimed responsibility for 13 attacks against Hazaras and has been linked to at least three more, killing and injuring at least 700 people, the rights group said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An affiliate of the ISIS in Afghanistan has targeted Hazaras \u2013 a predominantly Shia Muslim ethnic group \u2013 and other minorities, in a wave of attacks at mosques, schools and workplaces, undermining the Taliban\u2019s promise of greater security, the Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday, 6th of September. The ISKP (Khorasan Province) …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":85625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1921,43,219,44],"class_list":["post-85624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","tag-afghan-hazara","tag-afghanistan","tag-human-rights","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"\n