- Introduction
- Guidance note
- Common analysis
- General remarks
- 1. Actors of persecution or serious harm
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2. Refugee status
- Preliminary remarks
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Analysis of particular profiles
- 2.1. Persons affiliated with the former Afghan government
- 2.2. Individuals who have worked for foreign military troops or perceived as supporting them
- 2.3. Religious leaders
- 2.4. Persons fearing forced recruitment by armed groups
- 2.5. Educational personnel
- 2.6. Healthcare professionals and humanitarian workers, including individuals working for national and international NGOs
- 2.7. Journalists, media workers and human rights defenders
- 2.8. Children
- 2.9. Women
- 2.10. Individuals perceived to have transgressed moral codes
- 2.11. Individuals perceived as ‘Westernised’
- 2.12. LGBTIQ persons
- 2.13. Persons living with disabilities and persons with severe medical issues
- 2.14. Individuals considered to have committed blasphemy and/or apostasy
- 2.15. Ethnic and religious minorities
- 2.16. Individuals involved in blood feuds and land disputes
- 2.17. Individuals accused of ordinary crimes
- 2.18. Individuals who were born in Iran or Pakistan and/or who lived there for a long period of time
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3. Subsidiary protection
- 3.1. Article 15(a) QD
- 3.2. Article 15(b) QD
- 3.3. Article 15(c) QD
- 4. Actors of protection
- 5. Internal protection alternative
- 6. Exclusion
- Abbreviations and glossary
- Country of origin information references
- Relevant case law
COMMON ANALYSIS
Last update: November 2021
Besides the above listed groups, a number of foreign terrorist groups and fighters operate in Afghanistan. Main groups located in the eastern provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Nuristan included:
- Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, including a number of loose splinter groups, with activities reported in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Jaish-e Momammed, based in Pakistan, with activities reported in eastern provinces of Afghanistan.
- Lashkar-e Tayyiba, with activities reported in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
These groups operate under the umbrella of the Afghan Taliban and have been involved in targeted assassinations against government officials and others.
There are also several central Asian und Uighur foreign terrorist and militant groups with fighters of Uzbek, Tajik und Turkmen ethnicity which were reported to present a significant threat in northern areas of Afghanistan, including in Badakhshan, such as:
- Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU, also known as Jundullah), with activities reported in particular in Faryab and as well as Zabul
- Jamaat Ansarullah Tajikistan
- Lashkar-e Islam
- The Salafist Group
[Anti-government elements, 4.3; Security September 2021,1.3.6; Security June 2021, 1.2.2].
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For further information on human rights violations committed by by armed groups and their relevance as potential exclusion grounds, see 6. Exclusion. |