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Taliban official brags about ordering attacks that killed hundreds of civilians

3rd February, 2023 · admin

Fox News: Afghanistan’s [Taliban] deputy minister of intelligence bragged on national television about his role in a 2018 suicide bombing in Kabul that killed over 100 people.  During an appearance on TOLONews Jan. 28, Taj Mir Jawad [Jawad Sargar] took credit for directing the attack, along with other attacks, including car and suicide bombings.  The

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Taliban | Tags: Taj Mir Jawad, Taliban War on Muslims, War Crime |
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The Taliban appear to be making kill lists

18th January, 2023 · admin

The Washington Examiner: While the world fumes about the far-reaching impacts of Taliban misogyny, Afghanistan’s leaders have quietly begun assembling apparent kill lists of their remaining enemies. Media reports indicate that the Taliban have asked village elders and lawyers in Kabul and several northern provinces to create lists of those who worked with the former

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Posted in Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Revenge killings, Taliban Amnesty Violation, War Crime |
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Old Man Dies After Being Tortured by Taliban in Panjshir

17th January, 2023 · admin

8am: An old man died in a hospital after being severely tortured by the Taliban in Panjshir province. Sources on Tuesday, January 17, confirmed to Hasht-e Subh that Khal Mohammad died of his injuries in a hospital, adding that he had been arrested by the Taliban in Omarz village about 15 days ago. Sources detailed

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Panjshir, Taliban torture, War Crime |
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What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan

5th January, 2023 · admin

ProPublica: Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Units. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: CIA activities in Afghanistan, War Crime |
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Inquiry launched into claims SAS soldiers killed Afghan civilians

15th December, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Ministers have announced a statutory judge-led inquiry into allegations of more than 50 summary killings by SAS soldiers in Afghanistan, a decision made after years of reports that elite British troops killed civilians in cold blood. In a statement to the House of Commons, Andrew Murrison, the minister for defence people, said

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Posted in Britain-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Helmand, War Crime |
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Teacher Dies After Being Tortured in Taliban Custody in Panjshir

5th December, 2022 · admin

8am: Speaking to Hasht-e Subh from Panjshir province, reliable sources identified the school teacher as Shamsullah and added that he was arrested by Taliban fighters a few months ago. Taliban forces handed over Shamsullah’s body to his family in Kabul on Sunday (December 5th), according to independent sources. The victim was a teacher at Rokha

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Panjshir, Taliban torture, War Crime |
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Taliban Fired 60 Bullets at Each Member of My Family in Daikundi’s Sewak Village: An Affiliate of the Victims

2nd December, 2022 · admin

8am: Abdul Rauf Hakimi, the brother of Aminullah Mali Hakimi, one of the victims of the Taliban offensive on civilians in Sewak village, Daikundi, in an open letter addressed to the international community on Friday (December 2nd) said that the attack on Daikundi is part of the Taliban’s broader agenda to exterminate and persecute Hazaras.

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Daikundi, genocide, Hazaras, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Taliban terror, War Crime |
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UNICEF Condemns Killing of at Least Four Children by Taliban in Daikundi

26th November, 2022 · admin

8am: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has described the Taliban’s attack on Siwak-Shiber village in the vicinity of Nili city, Daikundi province as shocking and sad. Taliban fighters, with the cooperation of their local supporters, attacked and killed two families in Siwak-Shiber area in the center of Daikundi province last Thursday. Click

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Posted in Afghan Children, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Daikundi, Hazaras, War Crime |
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UN Experts: Taliban Curbs on Women Amount to Crime Against Humanity

26th November, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News November 25, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A group of independent experts at the United Nations has warned that Taliban restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan could amount to a “crime against humanity.” The experts demanded in a joint statement Friday that the Taliban treatment of women and girls “should be investigated

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Taliban war on women, War Crime |
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Court Rules Dutch State Liable For 2007 Afghan Bombing

23rd November, 2022 · admin

AP: A local court in the Netherlands ruled on Wednesday that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, and ordered the state to pay financial compensation to the victims. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Netherlands, War Crime |
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