U.N. human rights chief slams Taliban over reprisal killings

Citing “credible allegations of reprisal killings of a number of former Afghan security forces personnel”, Michelle Bachelet criticised the Taliban for a disconnect between their words and actions.

The U.N. human rights chief says her office has received credible allegations of reprisal killings by the Taliban of former Afghan security forces, as well as instances in which officials in the previous government and their relatives were arbitrarily detained and later turned up dead. Michelle Bachelet, speaking on Monday to the Human Rights Council, warned of a “new and perilous phase” for Afghanistan as she criticised the Taliban for a She cited “multiple” allegations of Taliban house-to-house searches looking for officials from the previous government and “people who cooperated with U.S. security forces and companies”.