Taliban promises that Shia Afghans won’t be discriminated against under their rule. But the unhealed wounds of over century-long persecution makes it hard for them to not doubt them
When the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan after 20 years on August 16, Hazaras, a minority group in the country, trembled with fear.
“The cold-blooded brutality of these killings is a reminder of the Taliban’s past record, and a horrifying indicator of what Taliban rule may bring,” Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General, said.The Hazaras are one of the largest ethnic and religious minorities in Afghanistan making up an estimated 9 percent of 39.9 million inhabitants of the country.
In the mid-90s, Maulawi Mohammed Hanif, a Taliban commander, ruled that they could be killed, causing many Hazaras to flee the country.took place as the Taliban killed as many as 2,000 civilians in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
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