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![Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-15-30.jpg)
Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan
By Said Sabir Ibrahimi
The Taliban’s insistence on the supremacy of Sunni Hanafism has alarmed Afghan Shias who have long been marginalized.
![Islamic State: The Torment of Afghanistan’s Shiites Islamic State: The Torment of Afghanistan’s Shiites](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-cemetery-of-victims-of-suicide-bombing-on-afghan-shiites.-photo-ezzatullah-mehrdad..jpg)
Islamic State: The Torment of Afghanistan’s Shiites
By Ezzatullah Mehrdad
Repeated ISIS attacks are pushing Afghan Shiites “into a dark hole.”
![Suicide Blast at Shia Mosque in Kabul Kills Over 30 Suicide Blast at Shia Mosque in Kabul Kills Over 30](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-21_14-55-43.jpg)
Suicide Blast at Shia Mosque in Kabul Kills Over 30
By Catherine Putz
The target and timing suggests the Islamic State's local affiliate is responsible, aiming to stoke sectarianism.
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