Last Updated: August 23, 2023, 11:25 IST
The report details the violations that occurred across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, along with the testimonies of victims and their families. (Reuters/File Photo)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the report by Human Rights Service presents a ‘sobering picture of the treatment of individuals affiliated with the former Afghan government’
There have been increasing allegations of human rights violations by the de facto Taliban authorities against hundreds of former Afghan government officials and former armed forces members despite assurances of “peace”.
Between the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021 and June 30, 2023, the Human Rights Service, a Norwegian foundation established in 2001, has obtained credible reports that members of the de facto Taliban authorities were responsible for 218 extrajudicial killings, 14 enforced disappearances, over 144 instances of torture and ill treatment, and 424 arbitrary…