Amnesty International report unveils Taliban’s true face; Asserts extremist group killed 13 Hazaras, 11 Afghan soldiers
The investigation reported that the killing of the 11 Afghan national security forces and two civilians, among them a 17-year-old girl, took place in the village of Kahor in Daykundi province in central Afghanistan on August 30.
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New Delhi, October 5: According to a report submitted by Amnesty International, it has stated that Taliban has killed 13 ethnic Hazaras which includes members of the Afghan security forces who had surrendered to the insurgents. The investigation reported that the killing of the 11 Afghan national security forces and two civilians, among them a 17-year-old girl, took place in the village of Kahor in Daykundi province in central Afghanistan on August 30.
Amnesty’s secretary general, Agnes Callamard was quoted as saying, “These cold-blooded executions (of the Hazaras) are further proof that the Taliban are committing the same horrific abuses they were notorious for during their previous rule of Afghanistan.” The report stated that Sadiqullah Abed, Taliban appointed chief of police for Daykundi, had denied killing and instead claimed that a member of Taliban was wounded in the attack. Hazaras make up around 9% of Afghanistan's 36 million people and are often targeted because they are Shiite Muslims in a Sunni-majority country.
According to the Amnesty report, the Taliban took control of Daykundi province on August 14 and that an estimated 34 former soldiers sought safety in Khidir district. The soldiers, who had government military equipment and weaponry with them, agreed to surrender to the Taliban. Mohammad Azim Sedaqat, who led the group's surrender, arranged to decommission the weapons in the presence of Taliban members. Nearly 300 Taliban fighters arrived in a convoy on August 30, close to Dahani Qul village, where the Afghan soldiers were staying, some with family members, according to Amnesty's report.