Ethnic tensions between various groups continued to result in conflict and killings. Societal discrimination against Shia #Hazaras continued along class, race, and religious lines in the form of extortion of money through #illegal #taxation, #forced recruitment and forced #labor, #physical abuse, and detention. Clashes between ethnic Hazaras and nomadic #Kuchi tribes continued, with Hazaras alleging that Kuchis attempted to illegally seize their lands. In May Hazara students at #Kabul University went on an eight-day hunger strike to protest alleged institutionalized ethnic #discrimination and to call for the dismissal of some faculty members, including the dean. In July #Rohullah Nekpa, the country’s first and only Olympic medal winner, a two-time bronze medalist in tae kwon do, quit the sport to protest ethnic discrimination against Hazara athletes. #Sikhs and #Hindus continued to face #discrimination, reporting unequal access to #government jobs and #harassment in school, as well as verbal and physical abuse in public places. In July Sikh leaders reported that their shops, properties, and houses were taken by force and that they were attacked during religious ceremonies. There were few reports of targeted discrimination against Ismailis (a minority Shia Muslim group). - See more at: state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper
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