"VAN" (Afghanistan Bureau - 06.12.2021) :: More than 20 countries including the US have expressed deep concern over the extra-judicial killings of former Afghan military personnel and their disappearance by the Taliban.
The countries in a joint statement said that the summary killings of the former men in uniform are clear abuses of human rights and in contradiction with the general amnesty announced by the Taliban.
The countries include the United States of America, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.
The world is expressing worry after Human Rights Watchdog released a report alleging the Taliban fighters of retaliatory killings and disappearance of military personnel of the previous Afghan government.
The joint statement called on the Taliban to fully enforce their general amnesty equally on common Afghan and former Afghan security forces and government officials.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has not commented on the allegations yet.
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