By: Mohammad Ahmady and Mohammad Sahki Rezaie
Systematically killing of Hazaras in general in different parts of Afghanistan, and specially in Balkh is a clear reality that strictly continued during the second round of the Taliban rule and as a result the “Policy on Hazaras go the grave” has been pursued in a steady manner. Travel of Sarajulddin Haqqani (the no 1 terrorist mastermind of the Taliban) On 10 June 2023, to Mazar e Sahrif and his attribute to the Taliban fighter who were killed during Mazar e Sharif invasion in 1988 qand buried in Dashte Lalili, showed the firmed decision of the Taliban leader to pursue and mange genocide of other religious and ethnic groups under different pretext in the country. This controversial trip is somehow linked with the travel of Ashraf Ghani to Mazar e Sharif in the last days of his government which he compromised with the Taliban to sell Afghanistan to the Taliban, Pashtun elites understand it in the historical context of their relations; specially with keeping in mind that though Ghani had come to assess security situation in Balkh he actually had come to prevent an alliance between Atta Mohammad Noor, Dustam and Mohaqiq in the north Afghanistan against the Taliban and to accelerate the collapse of Mazar e Sharif, as one the most important provinces of the country. Keeping in mind the widespread attacks on Hazaras during the second round of the Taliban rule on Hazaras in Balkh, it shows that those who comported Afghanistan to the Taliban including are happy of the systematic killing of Hazaras. This is the ideal situation Pashtun elites hope for and has been outlined in a book titled “the Second Saqawi.” The continued efforts of Pashtun elites including Pashtun rulers during the republic (Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani) and Taliban leaders denying the genocide of Hazaras prove our claim.
The following target killings of Hazaras in the northern provinces of Afghanistan during the second round of the Taliban government (2021-2023) show that Hazaras are a legitimate target for different terrors groups including the Taliban.
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