More than 100 extrajudicial killings of former government employees have taken place since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August, according to allegations considered credible by the United Nations.
More than two-thirds of the killings were reportedly committed by de facto authorities or their collaborators, according to an internal report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the UN Security Council, which came into the possession of the German agency.
ISIL-KP jihadists linked to the Islamic State are suspected of more than 50 murders, according to the report.
The UN relies on allegations that it considers credible and that have been received from the UN mission in the country since mid-August regarding former government officials, security forces and military personnel.
A number of human rights activists and journalists have also been subjected to “assault, intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment and murder” in recent months, the report added.
According to the UN, eight members of civil society organizations and two media workers were killed by the Taliban, Islamists or unknown perpetrators.
Guterres said the serious socio-economic situation in Afghanistan could only be overcome if the Taliban were not isolated internationally, and that developing a constructive dialogue with the country’s de facto rulers was crucial.
He proposed a new structure for the United Nations presence in Afghanistan, which would coordinate political developments on the one hand and humanitarian aid on the other.
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