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2023-09-03 Afghanistan
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The Taliban’s Policy of Persecution and Denial
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A recent report issued by the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has unveiled the harrowing reality of the persecution faced by military personnel and former babus government employees at the hands of the Taliban
 ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
. According to the report by UNAMA, there have been 800 documented cases of human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
violations committed by the Taliban. This grim tally encompasses 218 instances of persecution involving former Afghan soldiers and government officials across 34 provinces in Afghanistan from August 15, 2021, to June 2023. This comprehensive report unequivocally designates the Taliban as the principal instigators of these violations. The report additionally highlights the tragic fate suffered by soldiers and former government workers, either dying in Taliban detention facilities due to torture or falling victim to extrajudicial executions elsewhere. The release of this report has triggered a strong response from human rights organizations, underscoring the ongoing spree of retaliatory killings perpetrated by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
DISCREPANCIES IN REPORTING AND UNAMA’S FIGURES:
UNAMA’s report has cited 218 cases of persecution involving former government officials and soldiers, but it is apparent that this figure falls short when compared to independent sources. It is imperative for human rights advocates to initiate further independent investigations to expose the concealed dimensions of the atrocities committed by the Taliban. For instance, Human Rights Watch published a report on November 30, 2021, asserting that the Taliban had executed or eliminated over 100 members of the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in various provinces since their ascension to power. Correspondingly, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported in mid-April 2022 that the Taliban had killed nearly 500 former babus government employees, including military personnel, in the initial six months of their rule.
The contrast between these reports and UNAMA’s findings is stark. UNAMA’s account presents a notably lower tally of persecuted soldiers and former government officials when measured against the records of the other two organizations. Additionally, UNAMA’s report covers a span of 22 and a half months during the Taliban’s rule, whereas the reports by Human Rights Watch and the New York Times encompass merely three and a half months and six months, respectively. These disparities in the figures indicate either UNAMA’s shortcomings in documenting cases or a possible attempt to sustain appeasement with the Taliban, reminiscent of past practices.
THE TARGETING OF FORMER ANDSF MEMBERS:
The downfall of the republic government has inflicted suffering upon all Afghans, particularly those who had resisted the Taliban as part of the security forces under the previous administration. Over the past two years, Taliban combatants have relentlessly targeted former soldiers in a public display of brutality. These soldiers had languished under the previous regime, facing theft of their livelihoods and a lack of adequate support and equipment in confronting the Taliban. Consequently, they perished in significant numbers on the battlefield. Some of these soldiers, who had sought refuge beyond Afghanistan’s borders, were ensnared in the Taliban’s amnesty and repatriated to Kabul. Assured of safety and unharmed existence, they were subsequently apprehended, subjected to torture, and ultimately executed upon their return.
COUNTERACTING MILITARY OPPOSITION:
Driven by concerns over the fortification of opposing military factions, the Taliban resort to capturing, torturing, and killing former soldiers. This strategy emerges from the acknowledgment that leaders of the Afghanistan National Resistance® Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) assert the inclusion of former government soldiers within their ranks. Furthermore, the combat proficiency of these former soldiers poses a tangible threat to the Taliban. Their recognition that external support facilitated their conquest of Afghanistan underscores the Taliban’s determination to stymie any challenge to their authority.
The Taliban have frequently engaged with former ANDSF members in battles on the frontlines. The formidable skills of these soldiers, aligning with opposition forces, considerably menace the Taliban’s control. This predicament exposes even those soldiers who maintain no ties to these opposition groups and who had placed trust in the Taliban’s safe passage guarantees, leading them to endure the brutal backlash of the group’s retribution.
MEDIA INFLUENCE AND DETRIMENT TO FORMER SOLDIERS:
Certain media outlets contribute to the detriment of former soldiers by disseminating unwarranted reports. For instance, the Wall Street Journal published a November 2021 report insinuating that army and intelligence officers from the previous government, unable to depart Afghanistan, had joined the ranks of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
-Khorasan (ISIS-K) due to destitution and fears of Taliban persecution. The Taliban’s stance against ISIS-K is ostensibly clear. The propagation of such news, irrespective of intent, imperils former soldiers. 
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