The Taliban are conducting house-to-house searches for opponents and their families, according to an intelligence report for the UN that deepened fears Friday that Afghanistan's new rulers were reneging on pledges of tolerance. Follow FRANCE 24's latest coverage of the Afghan crisis.
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7:09am Paris time
Taliban kill relative of Afghan journalist working for German media
Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have shot and killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist while hunting for him, the German public broadcaster said.
The militants were conducting a house-to-house search for the journalist, who now works in Germany, DW said Thursday.
A second relative was seriously wounded but others were able to escape, it said, without giving details of the incident.
DW director general Peter Limbourg condemned the killing, which he said showed the danger to media workers and their families in Afghanistan.
"The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic, and testifies to the acute danger in which all our employees and their families in Afghanistan find themselves," he said.
"It is evident that the Taliban are already carrying out organised searches for journalists, both in Kabul and in the provinces. We are running out of time!"
The Taliban had raided the homes of at least three other DW journalists, the broadcaster said.
6:37am Paris time
US evacuates about 3,000 from Kabul airport Thursday
The US on Friday said it had evacuated about 3,000 people from the Kabul airport on Thursday.
"The United States evacuated approximately 3,000 people from Hamid Karzai International Airport on 16 C-17 flights," said a White House official in a media pool report, adding that nearly 350 were US citizens.
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"Additional evacuees include family members of US citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and their families, and vulnerable Afghans," the official said, for a tally of about 9,000 evacuated by the military since August 14.
6:01am Paris time
Taliban are targeting Afghans who worked with US and NATO forces, UN report says
The Taliban have been conducting "targeted door-to-door visits" of people who worked with US and NATO forces, according to a confidential document by the UN's threat assessment consultants seen by several media organisations.
The report, written by the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, said militants were also screening people on the way to Kabul airport.
"They are targeting the families of those who refuse to give themselves up, and prosecuting and punishing their families 'according to Sharia law'," Christian Nellemann, the group's executive director, told AFP.
"We expect both individuals previously working with NATO/US forces and their allies, alongside with their family members to be exposed to torture and executions."
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The Taliban have repeatedly denied accusations that their fighters are targeting Afghan civilians and say they have issued orders barring their fighters from entering private homes.
(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and REUTERS)