UN Says More Than 200 Former Afghan Officials And Security Forces Killed Since Taliban Takeover

 

Al Jazeera: Over 200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN  

The UN mission in Afghanistan has recorded more than 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty announced by the Taliban. 

More than 200 former Afghan soldiers and officials have been killed extrajudicially since August 2021, despite a general amnesty announced by the Taliban immediately after its takeover, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has said. 

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its first report since the Taliban takeover two years ago, has documented 800 cases of serious human rights violations, including arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and ill-treatment and enforced disappearances. 

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UN Says More Than 200 Former Afghan Officials And Security Forces Killed Since Taliban Takeover  

No End to Taliban Revenge Killings in Afghanistan -- Human Rights Watch 

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says -- AP  

UN Accuses Taliban of Killing 200 Ex-Afghan Officials, Security Personnel -- VOA  

More than 200 Afghan government officials, security forces killed following Taliban takeover: UN -- FOX News 

U.N.: Taliban defy 'general amnesty' with 800 extrajudicial killings, arrests in Afghanistan -- UPI

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