The UN mission in Afghanistan has determined that more than 100 people have been killed since August 15. The report also mentions the extrajudicial executions of at least 50 people suspected of belonging to the local branch of the militant group Islamic State.
In addition, the UN mission continues to receive “credible allegations” of murders, enforced disappearances and other misconduct against former officials, members of the security forces and people who worked for the US-led international military contingent, the report said. This is despite a general amnesty for people from those groups that the Taliban proclaimed at the end of August.
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This confirms the previous findings of Human Rights Watch, which reported in December that more than 100 former members of the military, police and intelligence services were said to have been killed or disappeared. At the time, the Taliban strongly denied those findings.
The UN report also paints a picture of the deteriorating living conditions of the Afghan population of 39 million since the Taliban took power in August. “A very complex social and economic system is being broken down,” Guterres said.
Guterres advises the Security Council to approve a restructuring of the UN mission to deal with the situation. Such a restructuring should also include the creation of a new human rights monitoring unit.