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Taliban killed dozens of former Afghan officials: UN report

The Taliban initially promised a general amnesty for those linked to the former government and international forces [File: Mohd Rasfan/AFP]

More than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country in August, according to a report by the United Nations.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in Sunday’s report addressed to the UN Security Councilthat “more than two-thirds” of the victims were allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Taliban or its affiliates.

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