Despite several reverses, Islamic State are still active in Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban and also the Hazara local ethnic group who do not share the views of Islam that Islamic State do.[6]The Taliban, similarly aggressively opposed to the Shia Hazara, will do little tangible to protect ...
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However, in the initial days of the Iranian revolution, plagued by internal unrest and Saddam Hussein’s attacks in 1980, the Iranian regime could not pay much attention or resources to its eastern neighbour. Afghan Mujahedeen, dominated by Sunni groups, received additional support from Pakistan, ...
Kabul deployed special forces to the area on Thursday to reinforce local Hazara pro-government fighters, as the Taliban denied targeting “any specific race, ethnicity or sect.” Most Hazaras belong to the Shia branch of Islam. The Taliban, which are Sunni and largely ethnic Pashtuns, have been...