A UN document says the Taliban have launched a crackdown on all those who worked for and cooperated with NATO and US forces, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, citing the BBC and Sega.
This contradicts the promise they made during the first televised press conference when they stated that they would not persecute Afghans working with foreign forces and that they could safely stay in the country. “No one will knock on their door and ask them who they worked for. They will be safe. No one will be questioned or persecuted,” Taliban spokesman Zabihula Mujahid said on Tuesday.
The confidential report was compiled by the Norwegian Center for Global Analysis, which provides intelligence to the UN. “The Taliban arrest and/or threaten to kill or arrest family members of targets unless they surrender to the Taliban,” the BBC document said. It also says that those who are at particular risk are people with positions in the military, police, and investigative units.
“The Taliban have conducted preliminary searches of individuals before seizing all major cities,” the statement said. The fighters are also checking on people who want to flee the country and are currently at the airport in Kabul, where the situation is still “chaotic”.
According to the report, the Taliban are recruiting new informants to co-operate in the new regime.
Turkey will seek understanding with Afghanistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country will seek understanding with Afghanistan, despite the Taliban and their control of the country, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, citing Turkish news agency Anadolu.
“A Taliban spokesman said Turkey is a friend of Afghanistan, but they do not want any foreign force in Afghanistan. Do you consider these two allegations incompatible?” Erdogan was asked by a journalist. On the issue, he recalled that as a NATO country, they are doing everything possible for the stability of this country by participating in the NATO mission for strong support in Afghanistan.
