More than 100 former members of the Afghan government, members of its security forces and those working with international forces have been killed since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. credible allegations”. .

In a report obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday, Guterres said that “more than two-thirds” of the victims were allegedly carried out by the Taliban or its affiliates in extrajudicial executions, despite the Taliban’s announcement that “Amnesty” for those associated with the Taliban. The former government and the U.S.-led coalition.

In his report to the UN Security Council, Guterres said the UN political mission in Afghanistan also received “credible allegations of the extrajudicial executions of at least 50 people suspected of being linked to ISIL-KP,” Islamic State extremist group operating in Afghanistan.

He added that despite assurances from the Taliban, the UN political mission has also received credible allegations of “enforced disappearances and other violations affecting the right to life and physical integrity” by former government and coalition members.

Human rights defenders and media workers also continued to be “attacked, intimidated, harassed, arbitrarily arrested, abused and killed,” Guterres said.

He said eight civil society activists were killed, three by the Taliban, three by Islamic State extremists, and 10 others were temporarily arrested, beaten and threatened by the Taliban.

Two journalists were killed – one by ISIS – and two were wounded by unidentified militants.

The UN mission has documented 44 cases of provisional arrests, assaults and threats of intimidation, 42 of which were carried out by the Taliban, the secretary-general said.

The Taliban have taken over much of Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces are in the final stages of a chaotic withdrawal from the country after 20 years.

They entered Kabul on 15 August without any resistance from the Afghan army or the country’s President Ashraf Ghani, who has fled.

The Taliban initially promised amnesty for those linked to the former government and international forces, and to be tolerant and inclusive of women and minorities.

However, the Taliban has re-restricted women and installed an all-male government, much to the international dismay.

When the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan’s aid-dependent economy was already faltering, and the international community froze Afghan assets abroad and halted economic support, reminiscent of the Taliban’s brutality and refusal to educate girls and allow them during their 1996-2001 rule. The reputation of women’s work.

“Six months after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the situation in Afghanistan remains unstable and uncertain, as multiple political, socioeconomic and humanitarian shocks reverberate across the country,” Guterres said.

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