Afghan People Disappearing
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People are disappearing in Afghanistan
(Direct quote from research)
“Taliban night raids are terrifying. The families can’t even ask where the person has been taken.”
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They are being targeted by the Taliban in revenge attacks, because they were former members of the police or security forces.
(Direct quote from research)
“The Taliban took my brother… We looked everywhere. Two days later we found his body by the river. “
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The Taliban promised an amnesty for former security force members, but these killings and forced disappearances go on.
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“Ziaul was an NDS [intelligence agency] commander. He was arrested when he tried to leave the province. The Taliban told him ‘There is no forgiveness for people like you.’ Later, his family found his body.”
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The international community should monitor and document these abuses and urge Taliban leaders to stop them.
(New York, November 30, 2021) – Taliban forces in Afghanistan have summarily executed or forcibly disappeared more than 100 former police and intelligence officers in just four provinces since taking over the country on August 15, 2021, despite a proclaimed amnesty, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 25-page report, “‘No Forgiveness for People Like You,’ Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Afghanistan under the Taliban,” documents the killing or disappearance of 47 former members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) – military personnel, police, intelligence service members, and militia – who had surrendered to or were apprehended by Taliban forces between August 15 and October 31. Human Rights Watch gathered credible information on more than 100 killings from Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, and Kunduz provinces alone.
