07.03.2003 - Source: Danish Immigration Service

DIS: Kazaks do not have problems based on their ethnicity ("The Political, Security and Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan: Report on fact-finding mission to Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan and Islamabad, Pakistan; 22 September - 5 October 2002") [#11326],  [ID 1593]

"UNHCR advised that the Kazaks are primarily living in the northern areas of Afghanistan and as such they are exposed to the same risks as other groups in the area due to the security situation (cf. Section 3.2), but said that the group does not have problems based on their ethnicity.
CCA said that the Kazaks are not part of a compact group but that they are spread over the region of northern Afghanistan, where they identify themselves as Turkmen or Uzbeks. According to the source, a very limited number of people belong to this group, and the source was not aware of the group having any problems in Afghanistan today."

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24.01.2003 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Exiled Ismailis returning to their homes in the north subjected to pressure from local authorities: 170 of them jailed for several weeks in December 2002, when they tried to travel to Kabul to welcome home their leader ("Troubled Ismaili Homecoming") [#10737],  [ID 1592]

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