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<p>FCDO officials regularly press the Taliban to protect religious and ethnic minorities,
including Shia Muslims and Hazara communities. We are working with international partners
to ensure credible monitoring. In October, we co-sponsored a Human Rights Council
resolution to extend the UN Special Rapporteur's mandate. His recent report included
an assessment of the violence and threats against religious minorities and the situation
for Hazara communities. In December, the Minister for South Asia, Lord [Tariq] Ahmad
of Wimbledon, met representatives from Hazara community groups.</p>
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