- According to a UN intelligence report, the Taliban are looking for locals who cooperate with NATO or the former Afghan regime.
- According to the report, if their search is unsuccessful, they will follow the target’s family.
- It added that those who play a key role in the military, police and investigative units are particularly at risk.
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According to confidential reports submitted to the United Nations by Norwegian intelligence agencies seen by insiders, the Taliban have been tracking Afghans who cooperated with the previous government, the United States or other NATO countries.
The results of its investigation show a stark contrast to the Taliban’s promise earlier this week that it will Forgive those who cooperate with its old enemies. This four-page report, dated Wednesday, was created by RHIPTO Norwegian Global Analysis Center, Provide intelligence to the United Nations.
It said the hardline Islamic organization is now maintaining a priority list of Afghans to be arrested and is collecting information about their phone numbers and family members.
“The Taliban are stepping up their pursuit of all individuals and collaborators who cooperated with the previous regime. If they are unsuccessful, they will target and arrest their families and punish them based on their own interpretation of the Sharia law. It is particularly dangerous to hold a core position in the military. Individuals, police and investigative units,” it read.
The report included a written letter from the Taliban that summoned an Afghan national from the former Afghan government engaged in counter-terrorism work. According to reports, a group of people believed to be the Taliban found the man in his apartment on Tuesday, and they said they wanted to detain him for questioning.
“You are working closely with the American and British forces to target the jihadists,” the letter wrote in Pashto. “We were also told that you have been to the UK… This shows that you have a good relationship with the US and the UK.”
The letter asked the recipient to report to a committee in Kabul and provide information about his relationship with the United States and the United Kingdom. It added that if he fails to do so, his family will be arrested and treated in accordance with Islamic law. His name was deleted from the report.
Christian Nellemann, the executive director of RHIPTO, told Insider in an email that RHIPTO was aware of more cases and subpoenaed such letters.
“The Taliban is not getting better Their statement last week, As demonstrated by the assassinations, arrests, executions and attacks on the family last month,” Nellerman wrote.
Thousands of people tried to flee After entering the Taliban on Sunday in Kabul, Include Drivers, security guards and translators who have worked with foreign organizations. People’s shots appeared on the Internet Military aircraft taking off from Kabul Airport runway, And something that looks like a human The jet plane fell from the sky.
A 19-year-old football star A report stated that he was one of the dead-he was killed in the landing gear of a U.S. military aircraft.
