The United Nations said that it was alarmed by continuing reports of extrajudicial killings across Afghanistan, including hangings, beheadings and public displays of corpses.
"Between August and November, we received credible allegations of more than 100 killings of former Afghan national security forces and others associated with the former Government, with at least 72 of these killings attributed to the Taliban," Nada Al-Nashif, UN deputy high commissioner for human rights, told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.The Taliban have rejected the UN's findings, saying there was"no proof" of the allegations.
Read MoreIn her speech in Geneva, Al-Nashif also warned that a profound humanitarian crisis threatens the most basic human rights in Afghanistan. She highlighted the reversal of women's rights, saying several women's rights defenders have been threatened since the Taliban takeover.
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