Afghanistan, Jan. 3 -- Three Ismaili men were killed in Takhar and Badakhshan, raising fears for the safety of this community amid escalating targeted violence in Afghanistan.
Local sources in Takhar and Badakhshan provinces report that three Ismaili men have been killed by armed assailants in the past month. In the latest incident, one victim was shot dead last night in Fayzabad city. Two days earlier, another man was killed in front of his family, highlighting a disturbing pattern of targeted attacks.
According to witnesses, Mohammad Shah, a resident of Shighnan district in Badakhshan and an employee of a private office, was shot while returning from a bakery in the Dasht-e-Qargh area of Fayzabad on Thursday, January 1. He succumbed to ...