Iraq's Sistani calls on world not to abandon Afghans

Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric, asked the international community and the Muslim world to stand with the people of Afghanistan following a meeting with Afghan Shiites.
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Iraqis raise a portrait of Shiite Muslim Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during a rally in the city of Nasiriyah in the Dhi Qar province on Oct. 28, 2022. - ASAAD NIAZI/AFP via Getty Images
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Ali Mamouri
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A group of Shiite clerics from Afghanistan met with Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, this week, as he urged the international community to maintain support for the Afghans.

Members of the Shia Afghan community presented a report of the current critical situation of Afghanistan to Sistani on Sunday. 

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