KABUL — The
Taliban have dismissed about 3,000 members
accused of abusive practices from its hardline Islamist movement in a
widespread "vetting process" launched since coming to power, an
official said Saturday.
اضافة اعلان
The Taliban took back control of Afghanistan in August after
a 20-year insurgency against former US-backed governments and
NATO foreign
forces.
Promising a softer rule to their 1996–2001 regime, the
Taliban government launched a commission to identify members who were flouting
the movement's regulations.
"They were giving a bad name to the Islamic emirate.
They were removed in this vetting process so that we can build a clean army and
police force in the future," the head of the panel Latifullah Hakimi in
the defense ministry told AFP.
So far about 2,840 members had been dismissed, he said.
"They were involved in corruption, drugs, and were
intruding in people's private lives. Some also had links with Daesh,"
Hakimi said.
Taliban fighters have been accused by rights groups of
extrajudicial killings of former security force members, despite an order from
the movement's supreme leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada of an amnesty.
The regional chapter of the terror group has emerged as a
major security challenge to the hardline Islamist administration, often
targeting officials in gun and bomb attacks in Kabul and other cities.
Hakimi said those suspended were from 14 provinces and the
process to "filter out" such members will continue in other
provinces.
Since seizing power the Taliban authorities have restricted
the freedoms of Afghans, especially women.
Women public sector workers have been largely blocked from
returning to work, while many secondary schools have not reopened for girls.
Long distance trips for women who are not accompanied by a
close male relative have also been banned.
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