‘Credible evidence’ of Taliban reprisal killings, UN human rights boss says

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The UN human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban of former Afghan security forces&comma; as well as instances in which officials in the previous government and their relatives were arbitrarily detained and later turned up dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Michelle Bachelet&comma; speaking on Monday to the Human Rights Council&comma; warned of a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;new and perilous phase” for Afghanistan as she criticised the Taliban for a disconnect between their words and actions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She cited &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;multiple” allegations of Taliban house-to-house searches looking for officials from the previous government and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;people who cooperated with US security forces and companies”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Such searches took place in at least a half-dozen cities&comma; Ms Bachelet said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>UN staffers have also reported increasing attacks and threats&comma; she added&comma; without providing specifics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings of a number of former ANSF &lpar;Afghan National Security Forces&rpar; personnel&comma; and reports of officials&comma; who worked for previous administrations and their family members being arbitrarily detained&comma;” she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In some cases&comma; the officials were released&comma; and in others&comma; they were found dead&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Bachelet also highlighted &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;deeply troubling information” about Taliban raids on offices of some advocacy groups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In contradiction to assurances that the Taliban would uphold women’s rights&comma; over the past three weeks women have instead been progressively excluded from the public sphere&comma;” she told the 47-member council as it opened its autumn session&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said girls aged over 12 have been barred from attending school in some places in Afghanistan&comma; and Women’s Affairs departments had been at times dismantled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd36b09e7af">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd36b09e7af'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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