According to the UN Secretary-General, the serious socio-economic crisis in Afghanistan can only be overcome if the Taliban are not isolated internationally.
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new York According to the United Nations, more than a hundred former government employees have been killed in Afghanistan.
An internal report by Secretary-General António Guterres to the United Nations Security Council states: “More than two-thirds of these extrajudicial killings are said to have been committed by the de facto rulers or their sub-organizations.” Jihadists with connections were responsible for more than 50 killings to the Islamic State under suspicion.
The United Nations cites “credible allegations”that the UN mission in the country has received since mid-August regarding former members of the government, security forces and military. A number of human rights activists and journalists have also been “attacked, intimidated, harassed, arbitrarily arrested, mistreated and killed” in recent months, it said. Here, the UN counted eight members of civil society organizations and two media workers who died at the hands of the radical Islamic Taliban, Islamists or unknown persons.
According to Guterres, the serious socio-economic crisis in Afghanistan can only be overcome if the Taliban are not isolated internationally: “The development of a constructive dialogue between the de facto rulers, other Afghan interest groups, the region and the international community (. ..) is therefore of crucial importance.” The UN chief proposed a new structure for the United Nations presence in Afghanistan, which would coordinate political development on the one hand and humanitarian aid on the other.
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