Thank you very much.
Thank you for your very honest and personal testimony. I know that's not easy to do. I can assure you that it is making a difference and you are being heard.
I know that many of you have talked about the historic situation and the genocide that has happened to the Hazaras in previous centuries, and I understand that acknowledgement of this is something that could be a deterrent in terms of this happening again. This committee has often ended up having to do hearings after genocides have happened. I think that right now we are in a situation where we are perhaps seeing the beginning of another genocide and, perhaps, as legislators, people with power, we may be able to do something to stop it, so this is incredibly important testimony.
I would like to focus on what's happening right now, today.
Mr. Karimi, you mentioned—and I think Ms. Kerr Chiovenda also talked about it—what is happening right now under the Taliban, what happens when the people who are perpetrating the violence are now in power. If I could start with you, Mr. Karimi, you said that in the last decade, say, there have been hundreds killed and thousands injured already. If you could, talk a bit about the current situation today and in the last few years and what your fears are in terms of where this is heading, and then tell us what we can do as legislators to try to make sure this does not happen.