Afghan Human Rights team condemns the barbaric attacks on the Kabul University and the Kausar-e-Danish college preparation center in Kabul, Afghanistan. These atrocities are targeting the very soul of an enlightened Afghanistan. These attacks are outright war-crimes and underscore the threats to the Hazara community in particular and the younger generation of Afghans who choose scientific studies over religious studies. 

While ISIS has taken responsibility for these war-crimes, we believe that the Taliban are responsible. The Taliban’s hatred of education, mainly women’s, is existential to their ideology. They have a long record of burning schools, torturing school and university students, and teachers. Their animosity with religious freedom is no less hidden. The Afghan government also reports that the Taliban are behind the attacks.

We are also concerned about the overall trend of terrorist attacks by the Taliban amid the peace negotiations. We call upon the international community, human rights groups, and the Afghan citizens–particularly the diaspora–to hold parties to this war and perpetrators of these attacks accountable.
We also call upon educational facilities to strengthen their security measures and continue their service to the people, now more than ever. We share our heartfelt condolences to the families of the following heroes of science and education:

Full Name	Affiliation
Abdul Hamid	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Abdullah Jan	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ahmad Tamim	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ali	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ali Nasir	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ali Nasir	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Alireza	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Amin	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Aminulla	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Arif	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Asadullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Azizullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Basir	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ehsanullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ehsanullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Hadi	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Hussain Agha	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Ismail	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Jan Ali	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Kanishka	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Karim Bakhsh	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Khudayar	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mahdi	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mahdi	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mahdi	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Maisam	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Marzia	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mirwais	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mohammad	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mohammad Hussain	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Naseeba	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Noor Ali	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Rohullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Roqia	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sadiq	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Saleha	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sayed Agha	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sayed Ali	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sayed Hussain	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sayedullah	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Sayera	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Shogofa	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Toufiq	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Yadulla	Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center
Mohammad RAHID	Kabul University
Mohammad Bilal	Kabul University
Mohammad Edris	Kabul University
Mohammad Ali	Kabul University
Dawood	Kabul University
Mohammad Rauf ARIF	Kabul University
Madina	Kabul University
Marzia	Kabul University
Mariam	Kabul University
Sara	Kabul University
Husna	Kabul University
Hanifa	Kabul University
Sohaila	Kabul University
Malika IBRAHIMI	Kabul University
Mohammad Amir MOHAMMAD	Kabul University
Zaki Qaseem	Kabul University
Mohammad Amin RASOOL DAD	Kabul University
Ali Akbari	Kabul University
Hedayatullah	Kabul University

Written by: N. Farzad