Two Shia clerics abducted by Taliban

Local sources in Herat confirm that the Taliban intelligence has arrested two Shia religious scholars and transferred them to an unknown place. According to the sources, Mohammad Akbari, the former head of the Ulama Council of Al-Mahdi Jibrail town, and Muharram Hossein Azimi, the Imam of the "Sayyid al-Shuhada" mosque, were arrested in this town in the afternoon of 2 November 2024.

These sources do not say anything about the reason for the arrest of these two religious scholars. According to the sources, the efforts of ethnic elders and religious scholars to free these two religious scholars from the Taliban have been unsuccessful until now.

The Taliban authorities in Herat have not yet said anything about the arrest of these two religious figures. Arbitrary detention of the Taliban continues despite calls to stop it. Taliban intelligence usually arrests and imprisons citizens without providing any reason.

This is also not the first time that the Taliban persecute Shia Afghans, as can be read in the following articles:

Taliban's Discrimination Against Shia Earthquake Victims In Herat

Serial murders in the Shiite area of Uruzgan Province since return of Taliban in August 2021

Systematic Oppression Of Shia Muslims By The Taliban - Interview With An Expert

There are also videos which show the disrespect of Taliban towards Shia Afghans, some of which are:

Taliban Shot Ashura Mourners In Afghanistan | Muharram 2023 | Afghan Shia (English)

June 2022: Taliban desecrating Shia mosque in Balkhab, Afghanistan

Pashtun Taliban Chopped Down 400 Fruit Trees Of Hazara - Uruzgan Province - 12 Aug 2023

Many of Taliban’s crimes have not been published, so far.