This is an excellent piece of journalism that brings home the cross-regional nature of the conflict and the webs of economic dependency and status that the war has created: https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.eaabda5ef278
Between 5,000 and 12,000 Afghans have participated in such units since they were established within the Fatemiyoun Division of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to human rights and research groups. Most are refugees or workers living in Iran, but hundreds come from poor, ethnic Hazara and Shiite communities in this windswept city near the Iranian border, as well as other regions of Afghanistan.
One of the stories that's been emerging over the last few days is the delivery of death in custody notices to local town offices - now the war has been effectively won (if not the peace), the regime can begin to public acknowledge this. Thousands and thousands of people, tortured to death, though the notices all say "heart attacks". I'll post some links later. The saddest thing about this is all the photos - all these optimistic young activists vs. how they no doubt ended up after years in Assad's dungeons. This sort of shit should prevent the normalisation of relations with Assad's Syria (and the subsequent aid and redevelopment money) but I'm not holding my breath.
Between 5,000 and 12,000 Afghans have participated in such units since they were established within the Fatemiyoun Division of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to human rights and research groups. Most are refugees or workers living in Iran, but hundreds come from poor, ethnic Hazara and Shiite communities in this windswept city near the Iranian border, as well as other regions of Afghanistan.
One of the stories that's been emerging over the last few days is the delivery of death in custody notices to local town offices - now the war has been effectively won (if not the peace), the regime can begin to public acknowledge this. Thousands and thousands of people, tortured to death, though the notices all say "heart attacks". I'll post some links later. The saddest thing about this is all the photos - all these optimistic young activists vs. how they no doubt ended up after years in Assad's dungeons. This sort of shit should prevent the normalisation of relations with Assad's Syria (and the subsequent aid and redevelopment money) but I'm not holding my breath.