elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses, in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed, after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. as for people being taken out of their homes, detained, bound and then killed, we totally refuse this. yes, if there is a clearance operation in an area and someone violently resists the government forces, they will be killed or arrested.
it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights
over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year. relatives allege he was targeted for treating members of the resistance. earlier this year, another doctor was also killed. i ve been told of two doctors in andarab who were killed, four young men who were killed
on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take over a taliban military post, pulling down theirflag. but when we visit andarab, they re the ones in charge. from what we ve seen, the taliban are in firm control of the territory here. that s presumably why they re happy for us to have visited. but they re also accused of committing serious human rights abuses in trying to stamp out this resistance movement. relatives told us villagers abdul hashim and nur rullah were detained and killed after wrongly being accused of attacking the taliban. these are the dead bodies of a doctor and five members of his family murdered last year.