The United States and its allies called on the Taliban to stop targeting and killing former security forces in Afghanistan.
In the joint statement signed by 19 countries as well as the USA, the UK and the European Union, the Taliban were asked to fulfill their promises that they would not harm former government members and security personnel.
“We are deeply concerned about reports of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances,” the statement said.
More than 100 former government officials have been executed or kidnapped since the Taliban took control of the country in August, according to a report released this week by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The report also documented the deaths of 47 Afghan security forces members who surrendered or were captured to the Taliban between August 15 and October 31.
After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they gave assurances that former government employees would not be harmed.
In a joint statement made by the Allies, concerns were expressed about the findings in the report and urged to investigate extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
“We will continue to evaluate the Taliban by what they have done,” the statement said.
In another report published by Amnesty International in August, it was stated that 300 Taliban fighters went to the vicinity of Dahani Kul village on 30 August, and that nine of the former government-affiliated soldiers who stayed in the village with their families were killed despite surrendering, and two civilians, one of whom was a child, were killed during the clashes.