More than 100 former members of Afghan security forces killed or disappeared in four provinces Taliban In the first 2-1/2 months of the militants’ rule, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, The deaths across Afghanistan are part of a string of assassinations and summary executions, widely regarded as revenge killings, since the fall of Ashraf Ghani’s government in August. The attacks underscored threats from Taliban critics, activists and members of the former government’s security forces, while the Taliban announced a general apology for former government employees and military officials.
In a report released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch details the killing and forcible disappearances of 47 members of the former government’s security forces who either surrendered to the Taliban or died on August 15 in four of the country’s 34 provinces. Was detained by him between 31 October. Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar and Kunduz.
The group’s research indicates that the Taliban is responsible for the deaths or disappearances of at least 53 former security force members in a single province. “The Taliban leadership’s promised amnesty has not stopped local commanders from executing or disappearing former Afghan security force members,” it said. Patricia Gossman, Associate Asia The Director of Human Rights gender had evolved into a more “deliberate” attempt to crush dissidents and those who could pose a threat to the new government, and the Taliban leader was “apologizing” to the atrocities.
A Taliban spokesman said some fighters may have taken the law into their own hands to settle old accounts, but the killings and disappearances were not the Taliban’s policy. Spokesman, Inamulla SamanganiSaid that the government was “seriously investigating” such incidents. “We are fully committed to the apology we have announced.” homosexual said. “We don’t have any security systems in place yet, and some people are taking advantage of this void.” “Killings for revenge are not in the interest of our government.”
In a report released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch details the killing and forcible disappearances of 47 members of the former government’s security forces who either surrendered to the Taliban or died on August 15 in four of the country’s 34 provinces. Was detained by him between 31 October. Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar and Kunduz.
The group’s research indicates that the Taliban is responsible for the deaths or disappearances of at least 53 former security force members in a single province. “The Taliban leadership’s promised amnesty has not stopped local commanders from executing or disappearing former Afghan security force members,” it said. Patricia Gossman, Associate Asia The Director of Human Rights gender had evolved into a more “deliberate” attempt to crush dissidents and those who could pose a threat to the new government, and the Taliban leader was “apologizing” to the atrocities.
A Taliban spokesman said some fighters may have taken the law into their own hands to settle old accounts, but the killings and disappearances were not the Taliban’s policy. Spokesman, Inamulla SamanganiSaid that the government was “seriously investigating” such incidents. “We are fully committed to the apology we have announced.” homosexual said. “We don’t have any security systems in place yet, and some people are taking advantage of this void.” “Killings for revenge are not in the interest of our government.”
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