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October 6, 2021

Amnesty Says Taliban Killed 13 Ethnic Hazaras After Taking Power; Kabul Faces Winter Power Outages
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Amnesty International says the Taliban killed at least 13 members of the
Hazara ethnic group on August 30, shortly after the group took control
of Afghanistan. Among the dead were 11 former government forces and a
17-year-old girl.

In other news from Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reports Kabul
risks facing major blackouts over the winter because the new Taliban
government has not paid its electricity suppliers. Afghanistan does not
have a national power grid, and Kabul relies on imported electricity
from Central Asian countries.


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