In spite of their vow to not retaliate against opponents, the Taliban have executed a regional police chief, who fought against the jihadist group. Video footage currently going viral on the Internet apparently shows a handcuffed and blindfolded General Haji Mullah Achakzai, the police chief of Badghis Province near Herat, being shot to death.

According to reports, the Taliban captured the area, near the Turkmenistan border, in a lightning advance late last week, and had imprisoned the grey-haired commander. Former BBC Persia journalist Nasrin Nawa re-tweeted the clip after it emerged on the feed of an apparent resistance force against the Taliban called @PanjshirProvince, reported Daily Mail. Following a content warning, Nawa captioned: “Haji Mullah, Police chief of Badghis province executed after surrender by #Taliban.

This is their public amnesty!” Achakzai, in his early 60s, was a well-known fighter in the long-lasting conflict between the Taliban and the forces of the Afghan civil government, which was overrun on Sunday. This may be noted that following their takeover of Kabul on Sunday, the Taliban had promised that they would not avenge former enemies. However, a confidential United Nations document claimed that the Taliban are intensifying their search for people who have worked with US and NATO forces. The report provided by UN threat assessment consultants and seen by news agency has claimed that the group has a “priority list” of targets it wants to arrest. People who held key positions in the Afghan military, police, and intelligence services are most likely to be at risk, according to the document (dated Wednesday). The Taliban conducted “targeted door-to-door visits” of men they wanted to arrest and their families, added the report. It also claimed that the militants are “rapidly enlisting” new informers to work with the Taliban regime. Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, an organisation that provides intelligence to UN agencies, wrote the document.

News Source : Business Standard