Kidnapping, torture and murder: BBC video proves Taliban killing civilians in Afghanistan

It has been a month since the taliban conquered Kabul and, far from the image of moderation they want to project, the BBC had proof that several civilians were executed. The crimes mainly took place in the Panjshir valley, the last bastion of resistance to their power.

In the images obtained by the British channel, you can see how the Taliban two men are kidnapped in the streets of Kabul and put them in the trunk of a car.

Another clip reveals how a man in military attire is seized in the Panjshir Valley and they execute it with several balls in the middle of the street, while a passer-by claims he was not a soldier.

According to BBC, at least 20 people were killed in this region since the Taliban entered the valley. One of them was a merchant and father of two sons, Abdul Sami. The Taliban accused him of selling SIM cards to resistance fighters and killed him.

Asked about these crimes, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said they would “launch an investigation”. “If soldiers or militias attack our soldiers, they have the right to defend themselves”, he declared in his defense.

According to Human Rights Watch, they “document human rights violations across the country.” What seems to be happening in Panjshir, as well as in other places, is these summary executions and arrestsincluding former members of the security forces, ”said Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch associate director for Asia. They have also been documented beatings and tortures, such as those suffered by Afghan journalists covering protests in Kabul.

Images obtained by the BBC show that once crowded markets are now deserted, along with long lines of people trying to flee the area.

Taliban resistance leader pledged to fight to the death

The Taliban claimed to have taken control of the Panjshir Valley in late August, although Ahmad Masud, leader of the resistance movement and son of legendary Afghan rebel commander Ahmad Shah Masud, vowed to continue fighting.

“I’d rather die than give up“Masud said in an interview with French media. “I am the son of Ahmad Sha Masud. Abandonment is not a word that is part of my vocabulary, ”he added.

Masud claimed that “thousands” of men were joining his National Resistance Front (NRF) in the Panjshir Valley, which was never captured by invading Soviet forces in 1979 or by the Taliban during its first. mandate in power, in particular in 1996 and 2001.

On Tuesday, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, the diplomat that the former Afghan government ousted had appointed to the United Nations in Geneva, still in office, urged the UN on Tuesday to investigate human rights violations by the Taliban.

He called on the Security Council “to immediately send a fact-checking mission and document human rights violations.” But several countries, including Pakistan, an ally of the Taliban, expressed their reluctance to face the possibility during a special meeting of the Council on Afghanistan on August 24.