The UN was alarmed on Tuesday (December 14th) by the “
extrajudicial killings
” of former members of the Afghan security forces and others associated with the former government, claiming that 72 were attributed to the Taliban.
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“
Between August and November, we received credible allegations of more than 100 executions of former members of the Afghan national security forces and others associated with the former government, of which at least 72 were attributed to the Taliban
"Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif told the Human Rights Council. "
I am alarmed by the persistent reports of extrajudicial executions across the country, despite the general amnesty announced by the Taliban after August 15,
" she added.
“
In several cases, the bodies were displayed in public. This has exacerbated the fear among a significant part of the population,
”said Nada Al-Nashif. In addition, she said, "
in the province of Nangarhar alone, at least 50 extrajudicial executions of people suspected of being members of IS-K (Islamic State - Khorasan, editor's note) seem to have been committed
".
The United States and its Western allies have already expressed at the beginning of December "
concerned
" by the "
summary executions
" of former members of the Afghan security forces by the Taliban regime, revealed by human rights organizations, and demanded the rapid opening of investigations. The NGO Human Rights Watch released a report which it said documents "
killings or disappearances of 47 former members of the Afghan National Security Forces who surrendered or were detained by Taliban forces between August 15 and October 31
”.
But the Taliban rejected these accusations, deemed "
unfair
".
There have been cases of killings of former members of the security forces
"of the government overthrown last summer,"
but because of rivalries or personal enmities
", according to the spokesman of the Taliban Ministry of the Interior, Qari. Sayed Khosti.