According to reports, a few hours after the last Western troops left the country, Taliban fighters were going door to door killing “traitors” who helped British and American troops.
Since the last U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan, former foreign allies and workers have been in hiding because the Taliban began to attack houses, looking for “traitors” who helped the U.S. and British troops. The terrorist organization is said to be seeking revenge.
Kaleem, a 35-year-old veteran who worked as an interpreter in the British army, said that a group of armed jihadists-led by an imam who is now a Taliban commander-knocked on his home during the raid. House.
“He knocked on the door. He and the bodyguard with the AK-47 rifle asked me where I was, but my family said I was not there. They were very scared. They thought they would be taken away,” Kaleem told the media Daily mail.
“We thought they would search the house, but they did not, and warned them that they would come back. We are all afraid that they will find me or punish my family if they don’t. If they find me, I will die.”
Thousands of Afghans who have worked as interpreters for the U.S. and British troops said they fear that the Taliban may have confiscated their biometric details and records.During this period take over According to reports, on August 15, some jihadists went to the National Security Agency and the Ministry of Communications, where they obtained information about Afghan intelligence officials and their informants. New York Times.
According to reports, the attack was carried out after Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid promised that the new government would “pardon” those who “against us”.
“We have pardoned everyone who opposed us. The hatred is over,” he said at a press conference on August 17. “We don’t want to have any problems with the international community.”
As more reports of the brutal Taliban rule emerged, raids followed. On Tuesday, a former Afghan Special Forces soldier claimed that the insurgent group had killed at least 15 of his colleagues, 12 of whom were members of the Kandahar Special Forces, and 3 of them were Jalalabad soldiers.
“They are my good friends. I have contact with them. The Taliban took them from their homes and shot them,” the former soldier told British Broadcasting Corporation.
The Taliban fighters allegedly beat and raped a gay man he met after three weeks of online conversations with him in Kabul. According to the victim, the rebel group pretended to be a friend who could help the man leave Afghanistan. independent Report.
On September 1, 2021, Taliban fighters stand in a parade on an armored vehicle to celebrate the U.S. withdrawal of all troops from Afghanistan
Photo: AFP/JAVED TANVEER
