Washington and its allies – including France – request the rapid opening of investigations after the NGO Human Rights Watch reported “murders or disappearances that were victims of 47 former members of the Afghan National Security Forces “By the Taliban between August and end of October.
Le Monde with AFP
Relying on revelations of human rights organizations, the United States and their Western allies are concerned about Taliban regime treatment in Afghanistan, former members of Afghan security forces.
“We are deeply concerned by the reporting of summary executions and enforceable disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces, as documented Human Rights Watch and others”, ensure some twenty countries , including Great Britain and Japan, as well as the European Union (EU) in a statement published by the US State Department.
“We note that the alleged actions constitute serious violations of human rights and contravene the amnesty announced by the Taliban,” said the group of allies, also calling on the new Afghan leaders to guarantee that amnesty be applied and “maintained throughout the country and in all their ranks”.
This week, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) had published a report which, according to it, documents “murders or disappearances that were victims of 47 former members of the Afghan national security forces who went or were detained by Talibane forces between August 15 and October 31 “.
“Among the victims are members of military personnel, police officers, intelligence agents and militia”, said HRW.
“Quick and Transparent Surveys”
For Washington and its allies, “reported cases must be the subject of rapid and transparent surveys, the managers must be held accountable and these steps must be clearly announced to act as an immediate deterrent of new murders and Disappearances “.
In addition to the United States and the EU, the communiqué signatories are France, Germany, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, the Japan, North Macedonia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.
“We will continue to judge the Taliban on their actions,” they recalled.
The Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August, while the government supported by the United States in Kabul and the country’s army collapsed. Their return to the country’s orders occurred twenty years after they were driven out by the US forces putting an end to their fundamentalist regime, worth the international opprobrium because of the brutal treatment of women, the disrespect of rights. Humans and the rigorous interpretation of Islam.
“Credible allegations”
Taliban leaders today, eager to acquire international respect, have promised that their diet would be different. But the new government continued to apply violent punishments, and the United Nations (UN) expressed concern about “credible allegations” that the Taliban would have committed murders in reprisals since their victory, despite the promises of amnesty for the troops of the deprived government.
According to HRW, “Taliban leaders ordered the members of the security forces units that have come to register for a letter guaranteeing their safety. However, Talibane forces have exploited these name lists to proceed to the detention and summary execution or forced disappearance of these people a few days after their registration “.
American officials have spoken with the Afghan authorities earlier this week and urged the Islamist movement to give access to education for women and girls across the country. The United States also “expressed their deep concern about the allegations of human rights violations,” a US spokesman said.