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As the Taliban gain traction in Afghanistan by capturing many of the country’s key cities, the terror group is now forcing women to marry its terrorists, a news outlet said on Thursday.
Afghans also witness the execution of captured soldiers and unprovoked attacks on civilians by the Taliban in recently captured areas.
Afghans flocking to Kabul and those still in Taliban-controlled areas say they have witnessed unprovoked attacks on civilians and executions of captured soldiers. In addition, they say, the Taliban have demanded that communities deliver single women to become “wives” for their terrorists – a form of sexual violence, according to human rights groups, reported Thursday. Wall Street Journal.
The Taliban had publicly pledged to be magnanimous in victory, assuring Afghan government officials, troops and people that they had nothing to fear as ever larger swathes of the country fell under their control. But their actions say otherwise, the Wall Street Journal added.
On Thursday, the US embassy in Kabul criticized the Taliban after receiving reports that the Taliban had executed members of the Afghan army who had surrendered. “Deeply disturbing and could constitute war crimes,” the embassy said on Twitter.
The Taliban have taken control of many key cities in the region. On Thursday evening, the terrorist group claimed to have taken control of the country’s second largest city, Kandahar, after seizing the governor’s office and other administrative buildings in the city. So far, the terrorist group has captured 12 provincial capitals across the country.
The terrorist group is fighting intensively with Afghan government forces in an attempt to capture key cities and seize power shortly after the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan under a peace deal signed between the Taliban and Washington .
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