Taliban reign of terror: Harrowing accounts from the Afghan city of Kunduz
- 9 years ago
The Taliban only held the northern Afghan city of Kunduz for three days.
But stories have emerged of a reign of terror by the extremists, with women particularly targeted.
Amnesty International has reported accounts of mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by
Taliban death squads
#Afghanistan: Horrific accounts of mass murder & rape emerge from #Taliban reign in Kunduz. https://t.co/13IcrqvIUN pic.twitter.com/LYNJkvzB2w— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) 1 Octobre 2015
Some 100,000 residents of Kunduz fled the city amid the fighting between Afghan security forces and insurgents, according to UN estimates, scattering to camps, hotels and relatives’ homes across the north and in Kabul.
Mother-of-two Sabeha Safi is one of those to have sought refuge in the capital, where she has used her medical training to treat other internally-displaced persons.
“When people woke up in the morning, the Taliban were everywhere, in every street. I am not sure about the future. I
But stories have emerged of a reign of terror by the extremists, with women particularly targeted.
Amnesty International has reported accounts of mass murder, gang rapes and house-to-house searches by
Taliban death squads
#Afghanistan: Horrific accounts of mass murder & rape emerge from #Taliban reign in Kunduz. https://t.co/13IcrqvIUN pic.twitter.com/LYNJkvzB2w— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) 1 Octobre 2015
Some 100,000 residents of Kunduz fled the city amid the fighting between Afghan security forces and insurgents, according to UN estimates, scattering to camps, hotels and relatives’ homes across the north and in Kabul.
Mother-of-two Sabeha Safi is one of those to have sought refuge in the capital, where she has used her medical training to treat other internally-displaced persons.
“When people woke up in the morning, the Taliban were everywhere, in every street. I am not sure about the future. I