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The United Nations (UN) reported that there were “credible allegations” that more than 100 people were executed without trial after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August and that at least 72 of those executions were attributed to the Taliban.
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif briefed member states on the situation in Afghanistan at the UN Human Rights Council.
“The people of Afghanistan today are facing a deep humanitarian crisis that threatens their most basic human rights,” Nashif said, adding that economic life was largely paralyzed by the collapse of the banking system and the severe liquidity crisis.
Nashif warned that with the arrival of winter, the Afghan people are facing great poverty and hunger.
Saying that health services and public services are deteriorating, Nashif said there are reports that some families are also selling their children.
“They were killed by hanging and beheading and were exposed in public”
“We are concerned by reports that extrajudicial killings continue across the country, despite the general amnesty announced by the Taliban after August 15. We received credible claims and at least 72 of these killings were attributed to the Taliban. In some cases the corpses were publicly exhibited. “This, of course, exacerbated the fear in a serious segment of the population,” Nashif said.
Stating that at least 50 people were subjected to extrajudicial executions in the attack targeting DEASH-Khorasan members in Nangahar province, Nashif said there were reports that the bodies of people who were hanged and brutally killed by beheading were exposed in public.
“60 percent of the 4.2 million Afghan children who do not go to school are girls”
Stressing that Afghan children have been “recruited” by the terrorist organization DEASH as well as the Taliban, Nashif said they are deeply concerned about reports, adding that almost all civilians killed or injured by unexploded ordnance are children.
Nashif said that according to UNICEF, 60 percent of the 4.2 million Afghan children who currently do not go to school are girls.
According to the report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Afghanistan is among the top 5 countries in need of humanitarian assistance.
The UN predicts that 22.8 million people, which is more than half the population, may experience serious food shortages in Afghanistan during the winter months.
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