A Taliban representative responded to a UN report stating that more than a hundred former Afghan civil servants and soldiers were killed,
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter: “The information provided by the UN Secretary-General that hundreds of members of the previous government were killed after the Islamic Emirate came to power is not true.” “After the general amnesty, it is forbidden to harm anyone, and if something happened as a result of personal revenge, we conducted an investigation and punished those responsible,” he emphasized. According to a UN report, more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, security forces, and those who worked with international troops were killed since the Taliban took control of the country in August.
The Taliban stated that the UN’s statement “does not reflect reality”
A Taliban representative responded to a UN report stating that more than a hundred former Afghan civil servants and soldiers were killed, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter: “The information provided by the UN Secretary-General that hundreds of members of the previous government were killed after the Islamic Emirate came to power is not […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated at a Security Council meeting that “more than two-thirds” of the deceased were killed extrajudicially by the Taliban or their allies.
The Taliban came to power on August 15, 2021, after a 20-year war with NATO forces led by the United States. At that time, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, and Kabul fell almost without a fight.