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Blast occurs near Pul-e-Sokhta area in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 6 (ANI): A blast occurred near the Pul-e-Sokhta area in the west of Kabul on Saturday, TOLO news reported.
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Afghanistan: 8 killed in Kabul during Shia community mourning gathering
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 6 (ANI): At least eight people were killed and 18 others injured in Kabul on Friday during a Shia community mourning gathering following the holy month of Muharram, according to reports.
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UN envoy seeks thorough probe into rising terror strikes in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Alarmed by continued terror attacks in Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett has called for a thorough and independent investigation of these attacks that have resulted in the killing of dozens of people.
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UN chief condemns recent terror attacks in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], May 27 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of numerous civilians, among them members of the Hazara Shia community and several children.
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J-K People's Justice Front hosts seminar on 'Kashmiryat'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 20 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir People's Justice Front (JKPJF) organized a seminar titled "Eid Nouroz and Kashmiryat" on Saturday at Mirgund Pattan where ulemas a large number of people participated.
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Persecution of Shia community in Pakistan continues, says report
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 15 (ANI): The bomb attack on a Shia mosque on March 4 in Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has once again thrown light on the plight of Pakistan's minority communities.
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Shia community in India condemns terrorist attack on Shia Muslims in Pesha
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 10 (ANI): The Shia community of Lucknow, under the aegis of All India Shia Hussaini Fund, protested on Victoria Street against the terrorist attack during Nawaz and Shia prayers in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Friday.
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Afghanistan: Shia community urges Taliban to formalize sect, protect citiz
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 28 (ANI): Shias, who have faced persecution in Afghanistan, on Tuesday, urged the Taliban to formalize their sect and protect their citizenship rights in the framework of an inclusive government.
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Will Taliban check ISIS-K attacks on Shia community?
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): For decades, violence has torn through Afghanistan's Shiite community, perpetuated first by the Taliban -- who consider Shiites heretics -- and in more recent years by the Islamic State - Khorasan (ISIS-K).
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Shia community feels like they are being targeted in country, says Pak pol
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 10 (ANI): A Shia political group in Pakistan expressed that their community feels like they are being targeted in the country.
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Quetta: Pakistani Shia community ends blockades, hundreds attend burial of
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], January 9 (ANI): Ending a week of protests, hundreds of Shia Pakistanis gathered on Saturday here to bury 11 coal miners from the Hazara community, who were killed in the Islamic State attack.
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Shia community in Ladakh enjoys religious freedom, region gets development
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Leh/Kargil (Ladakh) [India], July 27 (ANI): The Shia community living in Ladakh are enjoying religious freedom and equal rights like citizens in parts of the country with the constitutional changes made in the state last year opening up new avenues of education and boosting development.
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