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Terrorist Attacks Escalate on Shias – report

The US State Department report on religious freedom points to Increase terrorist attacks on Shia gathering escalated in Afghanistan.


The US State Department report on religious freedom points to Increase terrorist attacks on Shia gathering escalated in Afghanistan.
The US state department expressed concerns over terror assaults on Shia people in Afghanistan.

In the past two years, Shiite gatherings in Afghanistan have increasingly been targeted by deadly terrorist attacks.

The 2018 report of the US state department about religious freedom, specifically named Daesh (ISIL) attacks on Shiite mosques in Kabul and Herat provinces.

During past two years, the ISIL terrorist group has taken responsibility for several deadly terrorist attacks that have targeted Shiite mosques in Kabul and their gathering, killing or wounding scores of people.

According to the report, Non-Muslim minorities in Afghanistan, including Hindus, Christians and Sikhs, are also at risk and cannot openly conduct their religious rituals.

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