‘Taliban surge in north Afghanistan sends thousands fleeing’
Associated Press, 13.7.21
‘UAE: Arbitrary Targeting of Pakistani Shia Residents
Enforced Disappearances, Incommunicado Detention, Groundless Deportation’
Human Rights Watch, June 22, 2021
‘Kabul neighbourhood, home to Hazaras, stunned by wave of attacks
Once considered a safe haven for Hazara Shia Muslims, Dasht-e-Barchi has come under increased attacks in recent years.’
AlJazeera, 13 June
‘Seven killed in twin van bomb blasts in Afghanistan’s Kabul
Six others wounded in bombings that struck western Kabul neighbourhood largely populated by members of the the ethnic Hazara minority.’
AlJazeera, 12 June
‘Aurangzeb as seen from Gujarat: Shi‘i and Millenarian Challenges to Mughal Sovereignty’
S. Sheikh
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2018
‘Afghanistan: Escalation of Ethnic Tensions While the US Prepares to Evacuate its Troops’
Diane Villemin
Orient XXI, 11.5.21
Falling Out of Love with the Franks: The Life and Writings of an Armenian Catholic Diplomat in the Service of Late Safavid Persia
Henry R. Shapiro
Iranian Studies
Volume 54, 2021 – Issue 3-4
‘An explosion near a school in a Shia district of west Kabul has killed at least 25 people, many of them young students, and wounded dozens more, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said.
Ambulances were rushing to evacuate the wounded from the scene of the blast on Saturday near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shia majority neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said.’
See: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/8/blasts-kill-dozens-near-school-in-afghan-capital-kabul
See also BBC.
See also The New York Times.
See also The Wall Street Journal.
See also Vice News.
‘A Silent Quest for New Shīʿa Religious Leaders in Italy’
M. Mirshahvalad,
Journal of Muslims in Europe, 2020-10-28, Vol.10 (1), p.68-84.
