The UNAMA Political Committee met with the Shia Demands Commission

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The Political Section of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) met with the Commission for the Follow-up of the Demands of the Shia Community of Afghanistan in the Khatam al-Nabieen Seminary on Wednesday, June 1^st.

In this meeting, Thomas Patterson; Head of Political Affairs and Senior Adviser to the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and Ms. Julian Link; The UN Political Office in Kabul was asked to comment on the current situation in the Shia community.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Akbari; The head of the commission for following up the demands of the Shia community of Afghanistan told the UNAMA delegation: the Shia community constitutes 20% of the nation of Afghanistan. The demands of the Shia community of Afghanistan are clear and have already been approved in the sixth serious meeting of the year  with the presence of representatives of different sections of the Shia community.

Explaining the text of the demands and views of the Shia community of Afghanistan, he said: "The commission for following up the demands of the Shia community of Afghanistan has been set up to follow up and negotiate these demands with government officials."

Mr. Akbari added: "The most important issues in this text are the pillars of the demands of the Shia community of Afghanistan, which are four main issues:
1. Preserving the official religion of Jafari
2. Preservation, observance and implementation of the law on the personal status of Shias in Afghanistan
3. Participation in political decisions
4. Security

Mr. Akbari said: "Shias want the same rights and general demands of the Afghan people about themselves, nothing more and nothing less, and are ready to play their part as part of the Afghan people in the future of the country and in its development."

He stressed that the people of Afghanistan have gone through 40 years of war; A war that has taken many opportunities from our nation. War is not the solution and the best and most desirable way to maintain the stability of the country and ensure social justice and public participation is understanding and negotiation and peaceful procedure.

According to Akbari, the policy of the commission to follow up on the demands of the Shia community was to respect and respect each other's rights through the method of understanding and peaceful dialogue.

He cited tensions between nomads and ten residents in the central areas and recent terrorist attacks on mosques, training centers and city cars as current immediate concerns of the Shia community.

Seyedeh Marzieh Kazemi; Another member of the commission said: "The issue of women's education has been raised as a demand with the government and we expect this problem to be resolved soon."

It is noteworthy that before this, Amir Khan Mottaqi; The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate also met with the Commission for the Follow-up of the Demands of the Shia Community of Afghanistan and promised to cooperate.

However, a few days after the meeting, the press conference of members of the Shia Demand Commission was insultingly canceled by an attack by Taliban security forces. The leaders of the "Islamic Emirate" later apologized after the incident and explained that the reason for this action was to receive reports about the danger of a terrorist attack.