The Taliban Are Being Condemned By The World. But Is The Taliban Listening?

The Taliban are being condemned by the world. But is the Taliban listening?

New Delhi/Kabul Dec 6 : .The Taliban-led government is under control today by the Haqani Network, a loyal proxy for Pakistan.

 The Taliban Are Being Condemned By The World. But Is The Taliban Listening?-TeluguStop.com

It has summarily murdered several former members of Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF).Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently published a report (December 4) detailing these killings and disappearances.

The international condemnation for the Taliban’s actions shows that the West still has a lot to learn from a brutal regime.That the US, European Union and 20 other countries condemned the Taliban over allegations of summary killings of former police and intelligence officers is a sure sign of continued global antipathy towards the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

The statement echoing the sentiments of the world came after HRW’s documentation (November 30) of the killing or disappearance of at least 47 members of the ANSF including military personnel, police, intelligence service members, and paramilitary militia, who had surrendered to or were apprehended by Taliban forces between August 15 and October 31.HRW also stated that its research showed that more than 100 former members were killed or disappeared by the Taliban in the Kandahar, Helmand, Kunduz, and Ghazni provinces.The main findings of the report come from the provinces of Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, and Kunduz provinces, but the cases reflect a broader pattern of abuses reported in Khost, Paktiya, Paktika, and other provinces.

The recent statement is perhaps the strongest issued on the Taliban since August 15.The countries expressed concern over the allegations and stressed that the “alleged actions constitute serious violations of human rights and contradict the Taliban’s amnesty for former Afghan officials.” They urged the Taliban to “effectively enforce the amnesty of former members of the Afghan security force and former Government officials to ensure that it’s upheld across the country” and demanded transparent investigations into the reported killings.The countries include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and Ukraine.

US officials had held talks with Taliban representatives in Qatar and expressed deep concern over human rights abuses and urged the Taliban to provide countrywide access to education at all levels for women and girls.

The Taliban issued a decree regarding women’s rights shortly after, on December 2.This decree states that women are not considered “property” or forced to marry.According to the Taliban supremo Haibatullah Akhundzada, the decree states that “both (women) and men” should be equal.Women cannot be forced to wed by coercion or pressure.

Is this a small step in a positive direction? It is a small step that was taken under pressure, and it is not guaranteed that it will be implemented.

Remember that the Taliban had promised in August that it would have a different government from the 1990s.This included public stonings, limb amputations of alleged criminals, and a ban on women’s education.The’so-called government’ in Afghanistan has taken every step backward and continues to impose violent punishments.UN expressed concern over “credible allegations”, that the Taliban have carried out reprisal killings after their victory.HRW’s latest report stated that Taliban leaders had ordered security forces personnel to surrender in order to be screened for connections to military or special forces units.The Taliban leaders ordered the surrender of security forces personnel to register with authorities to be screened for ties to certain military or special forces units.This was HRW .It also noted that the Taliban had established a Commission to investigate human rights abuses and theft, but did not announce any investigations into any reported deaths.An undated audio recording shows Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban Deputy Chief and Afghan Interim Minister, appealing to his fellow brothers to cooperate with the Commission.

He also stated that they would not support or protect anyone of bad character based on personal friendship.This was most likely a publicity stunt to impress the international community.But the truth is far more sinister.

Targeted Taliban killings have been a regular occurrence since the takeover of Afghanistan on 15 August.

According to the BBC (December 5), 300 Taliban fighters traveled to Dahani Qul village (DaykundiProvince), on August 30, 2021.Some of them were former soldiers from the government and some of them had been staying with their families.

Amnesty says the Taliban executed 13 ethnic Hazaras, 11 of whom were former soldiers who had already surrendered, two more died in the crossfire and a further two civilians were killed during the fighting that ensued, including a 17-year-old girl.

Prior to August 15, after penetrating the weak Ashraf Ghani government, the Taliban had taken systematic measures to root out opposition in the weeks before they overran Kabul.

In major cities and along key roads, revenge killings were already increasing.This was evident when Taliban forces increased their operations around Kandahar and executed summary executions of surrendered or captured members of the security force.

Similar patterns have been observed in many other provinces, even since August 15.The HRW report aptly concludes that the Taliban’s unsupported claims that they will act to prevent abuses and hold abusers to account appears, so far, to be nothing more than a “public relations stunt”.

Russia has repeatedly warned that Afghanistan could become the place for civil war if the Taliban were unable to properly govern.The availability of funds is also a critical factor in the difficulty of governing Afghanistan.According to the Taliban, the government’s proper functioning has been impeded by the blocking of assets of the Afghan central bank worth US$ 9.5 million.This may be true, but it doesn’t mean that the Taliban has a functioning system of administration.

As of now, the Taliban has a Cabinet that includes many UN-prohibited individuals and a loose administration whose roots are actually an extension of Quetta Shura.

It is important to remember that the Taliban have a dark past and will be unable to change their ways.They don’t want to change and Pakistan won’t allow them to.That is the reality of the new Taliban today.


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