The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday condemned the killing of Muslim-minority Rohingyas by the Myanmar military and said it was an act of "genocide".
MoFA said the military was committing crimes against humanity and called on the United Nations (UN) to investigate the situation.
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, are considered some of the most persecuted people in the world. Myanmar, also known as Burma, considers them Bangladeshi and Bangladesh says they are Burmese.
But photos on social media show that a human disaster is unfolding in Myanmar.
"We condemn the crime against our brothers in Myanmar. It is a crime against humanity, against the minority Muslims living in Myanmar and it will not remain unanswered. We urge the international organizations and the human rights institutions to investigate the issue," Sebghatullah Ahmad, foreign ministry deputy spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has reported that as a result of the violence against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, over 90,000 Muslims have fled to Bangladesh.
The United Nations reports that in recent weeks, nearly 400 Muslims including women and children have been killed in Myanmar military operations.
Afghans along with religious scholars also denounced the killings and violence against the Rohingyas.
"All the Muslim religious scholars across the globe should gather in their countries and ask their government and the international community to pay attention to Muslims in Myanmar," Ali Ahmad Niazi, a religious scholar said.
"Muslims should stand, take action and defend them," another religious scholar, Mohammad Aqa Rahmati said.
"Afghan government should have taken a clear stance at the beginning," Kabul resident Wahidullah said.
"Afghan government should seriously react in this regard in the United Nations," another Kabul resident, Ahmad Shafiq said.
CNN meanwhile reported that tens of thousands of refugees are trapped on the border into Bangladesh without basic food and medicine amid operations by the Myanmar military.
Satellite photos released by Human Rights Watch Saturday showed what they are desperate to escape - entire villages torched to the ground in clashes between Myanmar’s armed forces and local militants.
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi has also come under increasing international pressure to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing Rakhine state.
The Nobel peace prize laureate is facing severe criticism over her government’s treatment of about 1.1 million Rohingya, and over her silence in this regard.
Some countries have gone as far as calling for her to return her Nobel Peace Prize.
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