BBC broadcast footage of Taliban executing civilians

The BBC got footage that leave in evidence how are the taliban kill civilians in Panjshir, one of the provinces of Afghanistan where the greatest resistance has been opposed since the coming to power of this extremist movement.

In the video shown, a man in military uniform is forced to move forward until, a few seconds later, several shots are heard and the victim falls lifeless.

It is not known whether or not he was in the military, since the camouflaged pants he wore are a common item of clothing in this area, located 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, Kabul.

Communications are interrupted there, making it difficult to get more details about the captured episode.

“If they are traders, they can go to their stores. If they are farmers, they can go to their farms. We are here to protect yous, their lives and their families, ”Taliban spokesman Malawi Abdullah Rahamani said upon entering the province.

However, the BBC has confirmed that more than 20 people were killed since the Panjshir suffered the arrival of the Taliban, who initially they had promised moderation.

One of those executed was Abdul Sami, trader and father of two. After having been accused of selling SIM cards Neighbors advised resistance fighters to flee when the Taliban arrived. However, he was not afraid that nothing would happen to him and he stayed there.

For his part, Zabihullah Mujahid, another spokesman for the Taliban, assured the BBC that they had “no information on this affair and also on the place where it occurred”.

“If soldiers or militiamen attacked our soldiers, our fighters have the right to defend themselves“, he warned.

Meanwhile, Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch’s deputy director for Asia, said that “human rights violations are documented across the country” and that “what appears to be happening in Panjshir, as well as in d ‘other places are these arrests and executions, including former members of the security forces. “

In Panjshir, opposition commander Ahmad Shah Massoud led the struggles that succeeded in pushing back Soviet forces in the 1980s and, ten years later, the Taliban themselves.

In this new Taliban offensive, it was Massoud’s son, Ahmad, who led the resistance. However, last week the extremists declared victory and showed their activists holding up the banner of the radical movement.

UN human rights complaint

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, denounced on Monday that “the practice on the ground” not in accordance with “declared commitments” by the Taliban, who had promised restraint and respect for human rights.

In addition, the former president of Chile warned that she had received “credible” allegations of “murders“To former members of the Afghan National Security Forces, as well as”arbitrary arrests“of civilians. The video unveiled by the BBC on Tuesday adds to this corroboration.

“Although the Taliban have issued public statements that they intend to amnesty former security personnel and public officials, ban house searches and guarantee women’s rights under the law Islamic information, which we have gathered to the extent possible and which we consider to be well founded, indicates that the practice on the ground often contradicted these commitments“, he underlined.

On the other hand, Bachelet complains about the role of women in policies imposed by the Taliban: “In many areas They are prohibited from appearing in public spaces without a male companion. In many professional sectors, they are faced with increasing constraints. In addition, it was limited girls’ access to education, and in several localities, it is forbidden for people over 12 to go to school. ”

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