Reports from Badakhshan province indicate that a number of Ismaili families have been pressured to abandon their religious beliefs and adopt another religion.
Witnesses and local sources report threats, intimidation, and even direct violence against this religious minority.
However, these events have passed without widespread media coverage and without serious response from human rights organizations.
This situation once again raises serious questions about the Taliban’s commitment to minority rights, as well as the meaningful silence of the international community regarding the gross violation of religious freedom in Afghanistan.
