KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says about 800 cases of violence have been recorded against individuals affiliated with the former
whether this happened in this particular case is not clear. it s really unclear, as yet, what might have happened and whether these people might have had any warning. from the new york times in athens, thank you very much for bringing us up to date. to afghanistan now where the un has documented hundreds of reprisals against security personnel who were part of the former government since the taliban returned to power two years ago. the un s human rights chief, volker turk, called it a betrayal of assurances that they would not be targeted. the report says that despite a general amnesty by the taliban s supreme leader, at least 218 former personnel have been killed in revenge attacks. it alleges 600 others have faced torture or been made to disappear. the taliban authorities say they have no knowledge of extra judicial killings or other amnesty violations. live now to kabul and fiona frazer
many also have received threatening phone calls and others have voluntarily gone into hiding because of the fear of retaliation. we have documented these human rights violations across the country, across afghanistan, and the impact that we see is that there is little confidence from the people, from communities, in the general amnesty that was announced by the taliban, questioning the commitment of the taliban and the de facto authorities to the general amnesty, and really, a concern and a climate of fear, particularly for those this is meant to provide protection and security. the taliban say they have no knowledge of extrajudicial killings or other amnesty violations. the
taliban, the or other amnesty violations. the taliban, the de or other amnesty violations. tue: taliban, the de facto or other amnesty violations. tte: taliban, the de facto authority s consistent response, both publicly and when we have raised individual cases with them, is that killings and other acts are not occurring within the scope of the general amnesty as you have said, and if they do, they are the work of individuals acting on personal enmity or revenge. 0ur individuals acting on personal enmity or revenge. our key point to them is, that, as de facto authorities, they have the responsibility to prevent human rights violations, to protect people who live in afghanistan, and also they are responsible to investigate where there are violations, where there are incidents taking place, to provide information, be transparent and what is going on with these investigations, and at the end of the day, to bring perpetrators to account. ., ., .,