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| UN: Over 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials slain since August |
| 2022-01-31 |
| [Kansas City Star] The United Nations has received "credible allegations" that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country Aug. 15, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. In a report obtained Sunday by The Associated Press, Guterres said that "more than two-thirds" of the victims were alleged to result from extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates, despite the Taliban’s announcement of "general amnesties" for those affiliated with the former government and U.S.-led coalition forces. The U.N. political mission in Afghanistan also received "credible allegations of extrajudicial killings of at least 50 individuals suspected of affiliation with ISIL-KP," the Islamic State extremist group operating in Afghanistan, Guterres said in the report to U.N. Security Council. He added that despite Taliban assurances, the U.N. political mission has also received credible allegations "of enforced disappearances and other violations impacting the right to life and physical integrity" of former government and coalition members. Guterres said human rights defenders and media workers also continue "to come under attack, intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment and killings." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 At Least 17 Shot During Weekend in Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-31 11:11 |
| #2 Could probably add at least one more '0' to the number and the statement would still apply. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-01-31 10:54 |
| #1 Then it was obviously "limited general amnesty." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-01-31 07:09 |