22 Afghan Soldiers killed by Taliban while trying to surrender
The Taliban have reportedly killed 22 Afghan soldiers who were trying to surrender last month. The attack was captured on video and corroborated by witnesses as well, according to CNN.
CNN on Tuesday reported the Taliban aggression where they shot and killed 22 members of an Afghan Special Forces Unit on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab Province, located near Afghanistan’s border with Turkmenistan.
The Red Cross confirmed to CNN that the corpse of the 22 commandos was retrieved. A video of the attack shows a number of men exiting a building unarmed, yelling “surrender, commandos, surrender,” according to CNN.
The video goes on to show multiple shots being fired leading to at least a dozen people being shot and people yelping “Allahu Akbar,” which translates to “God is Great.” Witnesses have relayed to the network that the commandos had no ammunition remaining after engaging in a battle to hold the town and were surrounded by Taliban fighters.
Contrarily, the Taliban denounced the video of the killing, calling it fake and government propaganda aimed at dissuading personnel from surrender. A spokesperson for the group said that the 24 commandos who were apprehended in Faryab Province are still in detention, but failed to back his claim with any evidence.
According to CNN, the Afghan Ministry of Defense has rejected the detention claims of the Taliban, claiming that the commandos have been killed. The incident comes after President Biden’s announcement of U.S troop withdrawal by the end of August, ahead of the original deadline.
