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 Civil society leaders, human rights activists and public intellectuals write an open letter to the UN, highlighting the persecution of the Hazara Shia community in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan. Here is the full text of the letter by civil society leaders, human rights activists and public intellectuals to the UN: We are …

 At least six people were killed and 11 wounded Tuesday by two bomb blasts at a boys’ school in the Afghan capital, with social media showing grisly images from the Hazara Shia neighborhood. The number of bomb blasts in the country has significantly declined since the Taliban ousted the U.S.-backed …