Wednesday, December 7, 2011
(Abbas Daiyar) Kabul attacks: who is behind the suicide bombing?
The sectarian attack in Kabul on Tuesday was first of its kind in Afghanistan. Though the Taliban quickly disowned the attack, it doesn't mean involvement by elements from different Taliban groups can be ruled out. Previously they have committed sectarian-oriented war crimes, such as the Mazar and Yakawlang massacres during their rule in Afghanistan....Continue Reading....
(Aljazeera) Complicating sectarianism in Afghanistan
In the hours following Tuesday’s Ashoura Day attacks on Shia Afghans in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, online and offline discourse quickly turned to talk of a resurgence of sectarian violence based on religious or ethnic lines in Afghanistan.
The Guardian asked if the Kabul attack was "a sectarian or an ethnic atrocity?" The Financial Times said the bombings "raise sectarian strife fears", The Telegraph drew "parallels with Iraq", Foreign Policy called it "rare Afghan anti-Shia violence" and the BBC simply asked "Why have Afghanistan’s Shias been targeted now?"...Continue Reading....
The Guardian asked if the Kabul attack was "a sectarian or an ethnic atrocity?" The Financial Times said the bombings "raise sectarian strife fears", The Telegraph drew "parallels with Iraq", Foreign Policy called it "rare Afghan anti-Shia violence" and the BBC simply asked "Why have Afghanistan’s Shias been targeted now?"...Continue Reading....
West's withdrawal set to boost Afghan refugee numbers
ESCALATING sectarian violence in Afghanistan and the staged withdrawal of western forces from the country are likely to lead to a surge in Hazara boatpeople risking the journey to Australia...Continue Reading...
حملات روز عاشورا 'ریشه در پاکستان دارد'؛ نگرانیها کاهش مییابد؟
اگر ثابت شود که بمبگذاریهای روز عاشورا در افغانستان کار یک گروه پاکستانی بوده، آیا نگرانیها از گسترش تنشهای مذهبی در افغانستان کاهش می یابد؟ به نظر می رسد که این طور باشد
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دھماکوں پر پاکستان سے بات ہوگی: کرزئی
افغان صدر حامد کرزئی نے یوم عاشور پر افغانستان کے تین مختلف شہروں میں ہونے والے بم دھماکوں کی ذمہ داری پاکستانی شدت پسند کالعدم تنظیم لشکرِ جھگنوی کی طرف سے قبول کیے جانے کے بعد کہا ہے وہ پاکستان حکومت سے اس معاملے پر بات کریں گے۔
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(The Independent) New fears of sectarian strife after Kabul blast
Suicide attack at Shia shrine on holy day is blamed on Taliban and Pakistan
At least 55 people died in Afghanistan yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia shrine in Kabul, igniting fears of a new and unprecedented phase of sectarian violence in the Sunni-majority country....Continue Reading...
At least 55 people died in Afghanistan yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia shrine in Kabul, igniting fears of a new and unprecedented phase of sectarian violence in the Sunni-majority country....Continue Reading...
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