"This report was written by a consultant to Human Rights Watch and Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch"--Acknowledgments. "November 2021"--Table of contents page. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Since taking power on August 15, 2021, Taliban forces in Afghanistan have carried out summary executions and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces and civilian government--more than 100 in four provinces alone. [This report] documents the killing or enforced disappearance of 47 former members of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)--military personnel, police, intelligence service members, and militia forces--who had surrendered to or were apprehended by Taliban forces between August 15 and October 31, 2021 ... These abuses have taken place despite the Taliban's announced amnesty for former government civilian and military officials and reassurances from the Taliban leadership that they would hold their forces accountable for violations of the amnesty order. Increasing evidence suggests that such abuses have continued under the orders or with the knowledge of senior Taliban commanders at the district or provincial level"--Page 4 of cover
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