Afghanistan’s representative to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, demanded a committee to investigate and report the targeted attacks against the Hazaras, which he termed “acts of genocide.”
While speaking at the Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs of the UN General Assembly, he accused the Taliban of not being able to establish security till now, the Khama Press reported.
His statement came in the wake of the deadly attack on the Kaaj education centre in the Afghan capital. He expressed his concern about the targeting of children from a particular ethnic group.
Faiq demanded a committee to investigate and report on serious human rights violations, citing the most recent attack on the Kaaj education centre as evidence that Hazaras are systematically targeted in these attacks.
The representatives of the country in the UN also termed this situation “extremely worrying,” reported Khama Press.
He elaborated on his demand, saying that a fact-finding committee would be able to look into and report on all serious violations of human rights, such as the genocide of Hazaras, forced migration, and extrajudicial killings of people without a fair trial.
A serious violation of human rights, according to him, includes “killings without trial, torture, harsh treatment, and arbitrary arrests of former security forces, journalists, human rights defenders, and people connected to the resistance front.”
The Afghan representative also highlighted the Taliban’s “hostility” against Afghan women and termed the situation worrying.
“The Taliban must be put under the necessary pressure by the international community in order to hold them responsible for their crimes,” Faiq said.