In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic...
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic group called for an international investigation into crimes committed by the Taliban
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic group called for an international investigation into crimes committed by the Taliban.
The Taliban captured Mazar-e-Sharif and surrounding areas in 1998 and, local leaders claimed, executed up to 15,000 Hazaras in their first five months of rule in a sustained policy of ethnic cleansing.
Hazaras say the regime targeted them because they did not consider them true Muslims as they are Shi'ite not Sunni Muslims.
The Taliban captured Mazar-e-Sharif and surrounding areas in 1998 and, local leaders claimed, executed up to 15,000 Hazaras in their first five months of rule in a sustained policy of ethnic cleansing.
Hazaras say the regime targeted them because they did not consider them true Muslims as they are Shi'ite not Sunni Muslims.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Channelnewsasia, 07/02/2002)