Local ISIS branch behind most of 700 killed in Afghanistan since US withdrawal: UN
ISTANBUL (AA) – Since US-led foreign forces completely withdrew from Afghanistan last August, around 700 people have been killed and over 1,400 injured, most of them by a local branch of the ISIS, according to a UN report released Wednesday.
The deaths and injuries were predominantly caused by IED attacks attributed to ISIS-Khorasan Province (also called ISIS-K or ISIL-KP) and unexploded ordnance, said the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in the report covering Aug. 15, 2021 to June 15, 2022.
Foreign forces left the war-torn country last August after the Washington-backed Kabul administration melted down and its officials fled the country in the face of rapid advances by the Taliban.
The UN report acknowledged an “overall, significant reduction in armed violence” between last August and this June.
The report also highlighted 59 extrajudicial killings, 22 arbitrary arrests and detentions, and seven incidents of “torture and ill-treatment” of individuals accused of affiliation with ISIS-K allegedly by de facto Taliban authorities.
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