Taliban fighters executed 900 people in Kandahar province in just six weeks as the Islamist group overran government troops, a former police captain has claimed (pictured, government troops in Kandahar city)
* Taliban executed up to 900 people as they overran Kandahar, police chief warns
* Targets included police, state employees, government supporters and comedian
* Islamists have vowed moderation as they race to re-take the country, but those on the ground say they are brutally repressing areas they capture
* Taliban now fighting to retake major cities including Kandahar as US withdraws
The Taliban executed some 900 people in six weeks in just one province as its fighters overran government troops, a police chief has claimed.
Targets included police officers, tribal elders, civil activists, and even a popular comedian who were dragged from their homes and killed in southern Kandahar province, the region's former head of police Tadin Khan said.
Islamist fighters have now recaptured much of the province and have laid siege to the regional capital - also named Kandahar - as they push to retake control of the country following US troop withdrawal.
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WNU Editor: No one knows the exact numbers of people being executed. But reports are starting to come out on mass killings and executions.
Personally, I am not surprised by these reports.
The Taliban do not have man power nor widespread support to rule a country as large and as diverse as Afghanistan. My prediction is that to assert control they will copy the tactics of the Khmeur Rouge who took over Cambodia in 1975. Terror and threats is how they will govern. This is what they did in the 1990s when they ruled Afghanistan. This is what they will do now. Executing 900 people will be just the tip of the iceberg.
