Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover: UN
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Nearly400civilianshave beenkilledin attacks inAfghanistansincetheTalibantakeover, more than 80% of them by a group affiliated to the Islamic State, a UNreport shows,underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers.
It is the first major human rights reportsincetheTalibanseized power from the former US-backed government in August, triggering concerns in the West about a broader rollback of rights for women, journalists, and others.
It covers the period from August 2021 to the end of February and said that 397civilianswerekilledmostly in a series of attacks by the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) group.
More than 50 people with suspected ties to the extreme militant group had beenkilledin the same period, it said, with some tortured and beheaded and cast by the roadside.
"The human rights situation for many Afghans is of profound concern," said Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a speech introducing the report to the top rights body in Geneva.
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ISIS-K, which first appeared in easternAfghanistanin late 2014, is thought to have spread in the wake of theTalibantakeoverand is blamed for several suicide attacks in recent months, including one at Kabul airport last August.
In the same speech, Bachelet said thatTalibanrulers had curtailed women's rights and freedoms. She called for women to be allowed to "fully participate" in public life.
Bachelet also referred to "a number of disturbing cases of enforced disappearances" of activists and protesters and expressed concern about restrictions on freedom of expression.
"I remain concerned by the progressive erosion of civic space," she said.
Under their previous rule from 1996 to 2001, the hardline IslamistTalibanbarred women and girls from education. They say they havesincechanged.
The Geneva-based Rights Council is set to appoint a special rapporteur onAfghanistanto probe alleged violations byTalibanand others at the end of its current month-long session.
UShuman rights ambassador Michele Taylor told the Council on Monday that this would be an "important mechanism for documenting abuses" and urged theTalibanto cooperate with its team.