The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), announced on August 7 that it had merged with a former al-Qaeda-affiliated, anti-state Pakistani jihadist group once led by Ustad Aslam (Umar Media, August 7). It becomes the ninth jihadist group to join the TTP since July 2020. Among the other groups are three TTP splinters, two al-Qaeda affiliates, a faction of …
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Hazaras face existential threat in Afghanistan
By News Desk| Published: 17th May 2021 2:10 pm IST Hazara of Daykundi province. Hazara men, boys and Afghan Uniform Police watch as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspects a project site in Daykundi province. (USACE photo by Karla K. Marshall)
Najmuddin A. Shaikh
The explosions in the Sayed-ul-Shuhada high school in western Kabul about two weeks ago killed over 60 people while more than 150 were injured. Most of the victims were young girls, aged 13 to 18 years, who were attending the afternoon shift of the school that catered exclusively to the Shia Hazara community in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban’s condemnation of the attack was, to my mind, plausible though their claim that it was the handiwork of the militant Islamic State group working in con cert with the Afghan government was clearly an attempt to hold the government responsible and perhaps understandable as a riposte to the government’s claim that the Taliban w
The bombing of a Kabul school is a sign of the coming violence against the Hazaras in Afghanistan
With foreign troops leaving Kabul, there are fears for the safety of the ethnic group. 2 hours ago According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, nearly 1,000 Hazaras were killed in sectarian violence from 2009 to 2014. | Asif Hassan / AFP
In Afghanistan, explosions in western Kabul’s Sayed-ul-Shuhada high school killed over 60 people and left more than 150 injured last week. Most of the victims were young girls, aged 13 years to 18 years, who were attending the afternoon shift of the school that catered exclusively to the Shia Hazara community in Afghanistan.