Scores of Civilians Killed in Fighting Around Central Afghanistan

 

Locals claim Taliban killed 43 civilians in Ghazni Province

by Jason Ditz 

Posted onJuly 25, 2021CategoriesNewsTagsAfghanistan

The Taliban are accused of having killed scores of civilians in multiple operations in their territory across central and southern Afghanistan recently. Taliban leaders are denying any human rights violations occurred.

Residents of Malistan, a district in Ghazni Province, claimed that the Taliban killed a number of civilians for no apparent reason earlier this month. They estimated 43 civilians were slain.

33 more civilians were killed in Kandahar, which reportedly included religious scholars and journalists. The Afghan Human Rights Commission reported that they were killed in the past two weeks.

In addition to those reports, the Taliban reportedly captured five people in Kabul Province, including four security members, and ultimately executed them. Locals claimed the Taliban tortured them, and complained that the Afghan government failed to provide security for them.

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