Genocide Watch: Minorities and former Afghan government officials face persecution and killing

Elaha Tue Oct 2026 1 hour ago 10

Based on this report, independent journalists, Taliban critics, and employees of the former government are at risk of arbitrary detention, torture, and execution, and are deprived of fair trials.


The report also points to the detention of a number of Shiites for raising the Ashura flag, the closure of Shiite mosques, and the coercion of some individuals to change their religion.


Genocide Watch has added that attacks by the Khorasan branch of ISIS against Hazaras and other minorities continue unabated. The organization considers the persecution and killing of these groups as signs of the "persecution and harassment" stage in the genocide risk identification model and has called on United Nations member states to halt the forced deportation of Afghan citizens and to provide the necessary financial resources and cooperation for gathering evidence related to international crimes in Afghanistan.


Concerns about the situation of employees and military personnel from the former government had previously been raised by the United Nations as well. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced in its August 2023 report that, from the time of the Taliban's return to power until the end of June of that year, at least 800 cases of human rights violations against these individuals had been recorded; cases that included extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, torture, and enforced disappearances.


Although the Taliban announced a general amnesty after returning to power, human rights organizations have repeatedly reported ongoing detentions and reprisals against employees and military personnel from the former government.


International organizations have also expressed concern over discrimination and targeted attacks against Hazaras, Ismaili Shiites, and other minorities, calling for increased United Nations oversight of their situation.



The international organization "Genocide Watch" has warned in its latest monthly report that ethnic and religious minorities, sexual minorities, and employees of the former Afghan government are facing harassment, persecution, and killings. The organization has assessed their situation as being in the eighth stage of the ten-stage genocide identification model, namely "persecution and harassment."

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