This photo shows a young Afghan boy mourning his sister, her backpack by his side, after she was killed in the horrific attack on an educational center in Kabul on Friday.
Somewhere around three dozens young Afghans, mostly girls and women, died in the suicide blast, which is the latest in a long series of attacks on Hazaras and their schools — in the Taliban era.
The Hazaras have long been badly discriminated against in Afghanistan, but the violence has escalated since the Taliban came in power in August 2021. As a group, Hazaras value the education of their daughters and sons equally, which enrages the fundamentalist Taliban.
My young Hazara friend and correspondent documented these attacks in yesterdays post, “Tears in the Wind.” It is the 43rd time he and I have combined to publish descriptions of what clearly is a genocidal pattern under Taliban rule largely outside of the view of the international community.
There are few Western reporters in Afghanistan to document what is going on, which is one reason we are doing what we can to shine a light on this tragic situation. We will continue. Whether our reports will ever have any impact, however, is another question.
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