Rights group says Taliban fine Ismaili families in Badakhshan over schooling

Rights group says Taliban fine Ismaili families in Badakhshan over schooling

Rawadari, an Afghan human rights organisation, says the Taliban are imposing cash fines on Ismaili families in northeastern Badakhshan province if they refuse to send their children to Taliban-controlled religious schools. In a report on the human rights situation of Afghanistan’s Ismaili community, Rawadari said the Taliban are demanding fines of up to 200,000 afghanis ($2,800) from each Ismaili family whose children do not attend Hanafi Sunni …