A secret UN document says Taliban militants now ruling Afghanistan are “intensifying” efforts to hunt down elements that collaborated with US and NATO forces despite pledges of general amnesty by the group.
According to Press TV, the document provided by the UN’s Norway-based threat assessment consultants says the Taliban have “priority lists” of individuals they want to detain, adding that most at risk are people who had central roles in the Afghan military, police and intelligence units.
The Taliban have been conducting “targeted door-to-door visits” of individuals they want to apprehend and their family members, the document drafted by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, an organization that provides intelligence to UN agencies, said.
“We expect both individuals previously working with NATO/US forces and their allies, alongside with their family members to be exposed to torture and executions,” the center’s Executive Director Christian Nellemann said.
“They are targeting the families of those who refuse to give themselves up, and prosecuting and punishing their families,” he added.
The UN document also alleges that the Taliban are “rapidly recruiting” new informers to collaborate with the ruling militant group “and are expanding their lists of targets by contacting mosques and money brokers”.
They are also screening individuals on the way to Kabul airport and have set up checkpoints in major cities, including the capital and Jalalabad.
