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AIHRC Calls For Legal Action To Be Taken Against Taliban

The Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday called for action to secure justice in cases where Afghan citizens have been attacked or killed.
 
They warned that impunity for crimes by Taliban operatives against Afghan citizens was widespread.
 
The AIHRC said many Taliban prisoners have been apprehended red-handed while committing crimes but have not been prosecuted.
 
As such they called on the Afghan government to ensure justice is meted out and that the law is implemented.  
 
Negligence regarding the rule of law in the country is distressing, warned AIHRC chief executive Musa Mahmoudi, adding that such an approach could only prolong the culture of impunity.  
 
In response to AIHRC allegations, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that the arrest of Taliban operatives and their associates have been at the top of the working agenda of government.
 
The Taliban has been at war with the Afghan security forces since the hardline movement was toppled from power in 2001 and continue to carry out deadly attacks on Afghan towns and security forces.
 
The AIHRC meanwhile blasted the Afghan government for not taking solid action against the Taliban.
 
“All those detained today is because they committed crimes against the citizens of Afghanistan; these crimes committed by them (Taliban operatives) are mainly suicide attacks, kidnappings  and other violent actions worse than this,” said Mahmoudi.
 
But some critics say some Taliban operatives are carrying out their activities freely in some Afghan cities and that Afghan intelligence agencies and other responsible organizations have not been able to curb their operations.
 
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) however rejects the allegations as baseless, insisting that cracking down on the Taliban was a priority for security forces.
 
“The elements who either cooperate or enjoy membership of the Taliban are involved in the destruction and killing of innocent civilians and the security forces are arresting them,” said MoI spokesman Sediq Sediqqi.
 
Similar concerns were raised in the past over government’s reluctance to take harsh action against the Taliban.
 
Critics have also said that Taliban operatives released from prisons, for various reasons, have often rejoined the group and returned to the battlefields.

AIHRC Calls For Legal Action To Be Taken Against Taliban

Watchdog said many Taliban prisoners have been apprehended red-handed while committing crimes but have not been prosecuted

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The Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday called for action to secure justice in cases where Afghan citizens have been attacked or killed.
 
They warned that impunity for crimes by Taliban operatives against Afghan citizens was widespread.
 
The AIHRC said many Taliban prisoners have been apprehended red-handed while committing crimes but have not been prosecuted.
 
As such they called on the Afghan government to ensure justice is meted out and that the law is implemented.  
 
Negligence regarding the rule of law in the country is distressing, warned AIHRC chief executive Musa Mahmoudi, adding that such an approach could only prolong the culture of impunity.  
 
In response to AIHRC allegations, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that the arrest of Taliban operatives and their associates have been at the top of the working agenda of government.
 
The Taliban has been at war with the Afghan security forces since the hardline movement was toppled from power in 2001 and continue to carry out deadly attacks on Afghan towns and security forces.
 
The AIHRC meanwhile blasted the Afghan government for not taking solid action against the Taliban.
 
“All those detained today is because they committed crimes against the citizens of Afghanistan; these crimes committed by them (Taliban operatives) are mainly suicide attacks, kidnappings  and other violent actions worse than this,” said Mahmoudi.
 
But some critics say some Taliban operatives are carrying out their activities freely in some Afghan cities and that Afghan intelligence agencies and other responsible organizations have not been able to curb their operations.
 
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) however rejects the allegations as baseless, insisting that cracking down on the Taliban was a priority for security forces.
 
“The elements who either cooperate or enjoy membership of the Taliban are involved in the destruction and killing of innocent civilians and the security forces are arresting them,” said MoI spokesman Sediq Sediqqi.
 
Similar concerns were raised in the past over government’s reluctance to take harsh action against the Taliban.
 
Critics have also said that Taliban operatives released from prisons, for various reasons, have often rejoined the group and returned to the battlefields.

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