Taliban Government Will Not Last Long, Future Uncertain, Says Mohib

FORUM-ASIA also urged the international community to push to stop the systematic persecution of the Hazaras and other ethnic and religious groups in Afghanistan.

It called on all global states to facilitate the resettlement of members of the most vulnerable groups and those in urgent need of protection.

It called on the international community to abide by the principles of the Genocide Convention and under the United Nations doctrine of Responsibility to Protect, recognise the historical and systemic persecution of Hazaras that could constitute genocide.

The organisation also urged all stakeholders to take concrete steps that would put an end to the persecution of ethno-religious groups in Afghanistan.

It also called for all international community to establish an accountability and protection mechanism that documents and investigates the gross violations of human rights, including but not limited to the massacre of ethnic and religious minorities, such as the Hazaras in Afghanistan.

This statement comes against the backdrop of a suicide attack on Kaj Education Center in Dasht-e-Barchi West Kabul on 30 September, wherein 53 civilians were killed and among them at least 46 young girls were the victims.

The statement also highlighted that dozens of Afghan women in Herat and Bamiyan protested against the systematic killings of Hazaras and the continued restrictions on women. However, the Taliban reportedly oppressed protestors with violence and harassed the families of victims in Kabul.

According to the former Pakistan intelligence chief, the survival of Ghani's government for many years was a miracle.

The former head of ISI had previously predicted that Ashraf Ghani will not play any role in the future of Afghanistan.

Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, before the Taliban had even entered Kabul and the International forces withdrawal was underway.

Afghanistan International's full interview with Asad Durrani will be aired on October 12, 2022.

According to Hazara right activists, the demonstrations of Hazaras is scheduled to take place in around 90 cities globally.

The demonstrations are taking place after the deadly suicide attack that targeted an educational center in western Kabul where over 50 students had been killed and over 100 had been injured. The victims of the explosion have been Hazara students.

After the explosion, a social media campaign with the #StopHazaraGenocide hashtag has been going on for a week with over six million tweets.

The Hazara rights activists and campaign members have demanded the international community to recognise the genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan.

According to Zadran, a roadside IED exploded and hit a civilian vehicle. However, eye witnesses told Afghanistan International the number of casualties of the explosion is higher than what the Taliban has announced.

A witness said, "In this explosion, at least one person was killed, and six others were injured."

According to local sources, the vehicle hit by the explosion was ferrying the employees of Ministry of Higher Education of the Taliban.

No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion so far.

Zarmina Paryani told Afghanistan International that the five sisters had been barred from leaving Afghanistan. Paryani added that she and her four sisters had been detained by the Taliban twice while trying to flee Afghanistan.

The five sisters finally entered Pakistan from the Spin Boldak border crossing on August 15, 2022, and then reached Germany on Thursday.

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021 and imposed severe restrictions on women, including the ban on girls' education, Afghan female rights activists held several protests in Kabul.

Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) raided the house of these activists on January 19, 2022, and detained four of the sisters including Tamana Paryani, Zarmina Paryani, Karishma Paryani, and Shafiqa Paryani from their house in Kabul. They were in Taliban detention for 26 days.

Shortly after their detention, national and international rights groups condemned the Taliban's crackdown on these female activists and demanded their immediate release.

Zarmina Paryani told Afghanistan International that after their release from the Taliban detention, they tried to enter Pakistan from Torkham border crossing for the first time on May 19, 2022, but the Taliban intelligence agents detained and imprisoned them.

According to her, the Taliban took them to Kabul and imprisoned the sisters for 10 days.

"When we were identified at the border of Torkham, we were very scared," Paryani said. “Dr. Bashir, the head of Taliban intelligence in Nangarhar, threatened us with death warnings, several times. After a round of interrogation, in the middle of the night, while we were treated badly, humiliated and insulted, Taliban transferred us back to Kabul with five of their men. They imprisoned us for another 10 days.”

According to Paryani, after their release from the Taliban detention, they tried to flee Afghanistan again. This time they got identified and detained again, but without their sister Tamana Zaryab Paryani.

For the third time, the five sisters fled Afghanistan through Spin Boldak in Kandahar province and escaped to Pakistan.

Paryani added that they paid the smugglers to prepare a fake ID card to be able to leave Afghanistan. She said that during their trip, they wore the traditional Kandahari dress, and tried to look similar to Kandahari women.

Tamana Zaryab Paryani is one of the female activists who along with many others protested against the Taliban in the first days of the group's return to Afghanistan.

Paryani, who is 25-years-old, is a champion of bodybuilding and the winner of two gold medals in Afghanistan.