UK government minister: We must not lose sight of minority rights in Afghanistan

Answering a question about the human rights of the Hazaras in Afghanistan from a member of the British House of Lords, Lord David Alton, the British government’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations, Lord Tariq Ahmad, said that “I have engaged with the Hazara community representatives here in the UK. And it is important whilst we talk about women’s rights, we do not lose sight also of minority rights in Afghanistan.”

Lord David Alton is a member of the Hazara All Party Parliamentary Group ( Hazara APPG) who launched a report on Wednesday on the state of human rights of the Hazara communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.