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Kabul, Sep 6 (EFE).- The Taliban government has “done little to protect” Shia Hazaras and other religious minorities in Afghanistan from a spate of attacks by Islamic State militants, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. An HRW statement noted that the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for 13 and has been linked …
The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Islamic State’s (ISIS) affiliate in Afghanistan, has repeatedly attacked Hazaras and other religious minorities at their mosques, schools and workplaces.
The United Nations has called on the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan to investigate allegations of the forced marriage and abuse of a medical student by an ex-Taliban official that has sparked strong condemnation by many Afghans.
This week's Gandhara Briefing highlights our reporting on the devastation caused by the floods in Afghanistan, an Afghan woman accusing a Taliban official of rape, and the militants holding their first film festival.
In an online video, a young Afghan woman has claimed that a Taliban official beat, raped, and forcibly married her. The Taliban official has rejected the claims. But rights groups have accused Taliban fighters of forcibly marrying Afghan girls and women since seizing power last year.