Asia-Forum for Human Rights and Development has in a statement expressed concerns that the Hazaras are at serious risk of genocide in Afghanistan. The rights group condemned the Taliban for its failure and unwillingness to protect ethno-religious minorities.
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.
