Washington Post, 8 August, 2022
‘…In the capital, Kabul, Taliban authorities have been struggling to contain a rash of terrorist attacks on the Shiite Muslim community over the past week. The attacks, mostly claimed by Islamic State militants, have sown panic in the Shiite Muslim community as it observes a period of religious mourning for a revered figure: Imam Hussein, a grandson of the prophet Muhammad slain in battle in the 7th century.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/08/pakistan-taliban-leader-strike-afghanistan-shiite/
Life under the Taliban: Yalda Hakim’s journey back to Afghanistan
With access to the new Taliban government, the BBC’s Yalda Hakim travels back to Afghanistan to find out what the country is like under their rule.
She speaks to former teachers who chose to stay and fight for their rights and visits a hospital where children are malnourished because their families cannot afford food.
In Kandahar, Yalda meets the Taliban police governor and questions what his force is doing to protect the Shia minority from extremist attacks.
Watch Yalda’s full journey around Afghanistan on Our World: Inside the Taliban regime from Saturday 29 January.
‘Portraits of fear and loss
Taliban rule through the eyes of four women in Afghanistan’
Washington Post, 12 January 2022
‘Afghanistan: How Iran and its allies are relying on Soleimani’s deals with the Taliban
The Afghan militants promised Tehran the Shia will be protected. If they break that promise, Iraqi paramilitaries vow to defend their fellow Shia.’
‘Afghanistan’s Shiite Minority Cautiously Embraces Taliban Rule, Seeking Protection,Shiite Taliban fighters now patrol Yakawlang, the site of past atrocities committed by the country’s rulers’
Wall Street Journal, 16.11.21
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