Afghan Shi ite Leader In Pakistan After Killings Of Miners
January 13, 2021
Karim Khalili (left), an influential Afghan Shi ite leader, meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad on January 12.
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An influential Afghan Shi ite leader is visiting Pakistan, where members of the minority sect are still reeling from the brutal killing of 11 Shi ite coal miners, nine of whom were Afghan immigrants, earlier this month.
The miners, who were abducted and killed by militants from the Islamic State group in southwestern Balochistan Province, were members of the Hazara minority. They were buried on January 9, following a week of protests in Pakistan that sought to highlight the community s plight.
Kathy Gannon
People carry the coffin of a coal mine worker, who along with others was killed by gunmen near the Machh coal field in Quetta, Pakistan, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites gathered to bury 11 coal miners from the minority Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group, ending over a week of protests that sought to highlight the minority community s plight. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) January 12, 2021 - 1:17 AM
ISLAMABAD - An influential Afghan Shiite leader is visiting Pakistan where members of the minority sect are still reeling from the brutal killing of 11 Shiite coal miners, nine of whom were Afghan immigrants, earlier this month.
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