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Afghanistan: UN condemns Taliban for hundreds of killings and rights violations

Hundreds of killings and human rights violations by the Taliban. | Font: AFP

The Taliban committed hundreds killings D Violation of an individual’s rights, including extrajudicial killings and torture since they came to power last year in Afghanistan, he denounced this Wednesday nation combined.

“It cannot be denied that the findings of our report are extremely serious,” Markus Potzel, head of the UNAMA Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said at a press conference in Kabul.

Taliban have consistently denied accusations of ill-treatment by human rights since they overthrew the previous Western-backed government, but the report ONE MA published this Wednesday a list of numerous violations.

OUR UN documented 160 complaints of extrajudicial executions, 56 cases of torture and ill-treatment, and more than 170 arbitrary arrests and detentions of former government officials and members of the national security forces since August.

cruel punishments

The most common methods of torture include kicking, punching and slapping, beatings with cables and pipes, and the use of electric shock devices.

UNAMA collected more than 200 cases of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, including the beating of shopkeepers for not attending a mosque, and more than 100 cases of excessive use of force.

Since the end of the war, security throughout the country has improved significantly, with the number of civilian deaths significantly reduced.

However, the Taliban, known for their brutal terror between 1996 and 2001, severely curtailed the freedoms of Afghans, especially women and girls.

Mission nation combined It contains 87 reports of violence against women and girls, including murders, rapes, suicides, forced marriages, including girls, assaults and injuries, and two cases of honor killings. None of them was registered with the justice authorities.

Among the cases collected is that of a couple who were publicly stoned after being accused of having an affair.

Head of the Human Rights Mission in St. AfghanistanFiona Frazier, indicated that “impunity prevails” and acknowledged that there may be an understatement of complaints.

Frazier expressed concern about the involvement of religious police and Taliban intelligence agencies in the abuses.

In addition, the mission nation combined He specified that more than 700 civilians were killed and at least 1,400 people were injured in attacks attributed mainly to the local branch of the armed forces. Condition Islamicas well as unexploded mines.

AFP


Source: RPP

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