UN: Over 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials Dead since August
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has received "credible allegations" that More than 100 Early members of the Afghan Authorities, its Certificate forces and those who worked with international Soldiery have been killed since the Taliban took over the country Aug. 15, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
In a report obtained Sunday by The Associated Press, Guterres Aforesaid that "more than two-thirds" of the victims were alleged to result from Illegal killings by the Taliban or its affiliates, despite the Taliban's announcement of "general amnesties" for those Attached with the Early Authorities and U.S.-led coalition forces.
The U.N. political Commission in Afghanistan also received "credible allegations of Illegal killings of at To the lowest degree 50 individuals suspected of Association with ISIL-KP," the Islamic State extremist Grouping Operative in Afghanistan, Guterres Aforesaid in the report to U.N. Security Council.
He added that despite Taliban assurances, the U.N. political Commission has also received credible allegations "of Implemented disappearances and Another violations impacting the right to life and physical Unity" of Early Authorities and coalition members.
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Guterres Aforesaid human rights defenders and media workers also continue "to come under attack, intimidation, Molestation, Impulsive arrest, ill-treatment and killings."
Eight civil Club activists were killed, including Cardinal by the Taliban and Cardinal by Islamic State extremists, and 10 were subjected to Ephemeral arrests, beatings and threats by the Taliban, he Aforesaid. Two journalists were killed — one by IS — and two were Cut by unknown armed men.
The secretary-general Aforesaid the U.N. Commissions documented 44 cases of Ephemeral arrests, beatings and threats of intimidation, 42 of them by the Taliban.
The Taliban overran most of Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces were in the Closing stages of their chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years. They entered Kabul on Aug. 15 without any resistance from the Afghan army or the country's president, Ashraf Ghani, who fled.
The Taliban At the start Secure a Universal amnesty for those Joined to the Early Authorities and international forces, and Leeway and Comprehensiveness toward women and ethnic minorities. However, the Taliban have Revived restrictions on women and Appointive an all-male Authorities, which have met with dismay by the international community.
Afghanistan's aid-dependent economy was already stumbling when the Taliban Taken power, and the international community froze Afghanistan's assets abroad and halted economic Musical accompaniment, recalling the Taliban's reputation for brutality during its 1996-2001 rule and refusal to educate girls and allow women to work.
Guterres Aforesaid: "The Position in Afghanistan Clay precarious and uncertain six months after the Taliban takeover as the Triple political, socio-economic and humanitarian shocks reverberate Crossways the country."
He Aforesaid Afghanistan Now faces Triple crises: a Flourishing humanitarian emergency, a massive economic contraction, the Disabling of its banking and Commercial enterprise systems, the worst drought in 27 years, and the Taliban's Bankruptcy to form an Comprehensive Authorities and restore the rights of girls to education and women to work.
"An estimated 22.8 Cardinal people are projected to be in `crisis' and `emergency' levels of food insecurity until March 2022," the U.N. chief Aforesaid. "Almost 9 Cardinal of these will be at `emergency' levels of food insecurity -– the highest Bi in the world. Half of all children under five are Cladding acute malnutrition."
On a positive Notation, Guterres Rumored "a Fundamental decline" in the General Bi of conflict-related Certificate incidents as well as civilian casualties since the Taliban takeover. The U.N. recorded 985 Certificate-related incidents Betwixt Aug. 19 and Dec. 31, a 91% decrease compared to the same period in 2020, he Aforesaid.
The eastern, central, South-central and western regions accounted for 75% of all recorded incidents, he Aforesaid, with Nangarhar, Kabul, Kunar and Kandahar Senior as the most conflict-affected provinces.
Despite the reduction in violence, Guterres Aforesaid the Taliban face Different challenges, including rising attacks against their members.
"Some are attributed to the National Resistance Front comprising some Afghan Confrontation figures, and those associated with the Early Authorities," he Aforesaid. "These Groupings have been primarily Operative in Panjshir Province and Baghlan's Andarab District but have not made Fundamental Regional inroads" though "armed clashes are On a regular basis documented, On with Constrained displacement and communication outages."
Guterres Aforesaid intra-Taliban tensions On ethnic lines and competition over jobs have also resulted in violence, pointing to armed clashes on Nov. 4 Betwixt Betwixt Taliban forces in Bamyan city.
In the report, the secretary-general Projected priorities for the U.N. political Commission in the current environment, urged international Musical accompaniment to prevent widespread hunger and the country's economic collapse, and urged the Taliban to Guaranty women's rights and human rights.