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Afghanistan’s repressed minority faces a hostile Taliban

Following the Taliban’s power grab, members of the Hazara minority fear that they will be targeted. Those who can, escape. Others are joining the armed opposition. But for many, there is no way out. DW reports.

  • Naomi Conrad, Birgitta Schülke-Gill, Samad Sharif

As Taliban fighters patrolled Kabul’s streets, a terrified 19-year old — hidden away at home like countless other women and girls — turned to her beloved movies for solace.

Her current favorite, she said, was “V for Vendetta”: set in a dystopian future, it features a lone freedom fighter, plotting to overthrow an all-powerful, Orwellian tyranny.

But instead of offering comfort, hope even, the…

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