RASC News Agency: Sources in Kabul report that the Taliban’s General Director of the Passport Office has expelled all Hazara employees, further entrenching the group’s institutionalized ethnic discrimination. According to sources, Abdul Karim Hasib, the Taliban-appointed head of the Passport Office in Kabul, dismissed six Hazara employees, reinforcing the regime’s systematic purge of non-Pashtun professionals from government institutions. Reports indicate that Hasib not only terminated their employment but explicitly forbade them from returning to the office, replacing them with six Pashtun individuals in a blatant act of ethnic favoritism. Among those expelled were four women and two men, all of whom possessed over a decade of experience in their respective roles. The female employees worked in biometric registration and data management, while the men were responsible for provincial data distribution. In a final act of humiliation, Hasib allegedly tore up their office identification cards before expelling them from the premises.
Another source confirmed that these dismissals took place over the past week. The Taliban have previously removed non-Pashtun employees from the Passport Office, with sources reporting that “Hazara employees in the Kabul Passport Directorate face daily humiliation.” The office’s leadership has also issued veiled threats to the remaining Hazara staff, making it clear that their expulsion is imminent. Beyond its deep-seated ethnic bias, the Taliban-run Passport Office has been plagued by corruption. Over the past year, repeated reports have exposed officials extorting bribes from applicants in exchange for expedited passport processing. Furthermore, the department has been accused of fueling ethnic divisions by deliberately sidelining non-Pashtun employees, further cementing the Taliban’s sectarian policies.
The latest purge of Hazara professionals is yet another stark reminder of the Taliban’s relentless campaign of ethnic persecution. While the group continues to propagate empty rhetoric about forming an “inclusive government,” its actions reveal an unrelenting strategy of racial segregation and systematic oppression. By erasing the presence of non-Pashtun professionals from state institutions, the Taliban is not only exacerbating Afghanistan’s fragile social divisions but also proving, once again, that their governance is rooted in exclusion, repression, and ethnic supremacy.
