In another video, a man can be heard saying: “Open his body armor.” One fighter can be seen taking equipment off the body of one of the commandos. In one video, about 45 seconds long, a bystander can be heard saying in Pashto, the local language: “Don’t shoot them, don’t shoot them, I beg you don’t shoot them.” The bystander then asks: “How are you Pashtun killing Afghans?” The Pashtuns are the main ethnic group in Afghanistan.Īt the end of the video, another voice off-camera says: “Take everything off them.” After a fierce battle to hold the town, the commandos had run out of ammunition and were surrounded by the Taliban fighters, witnesses said. Videos show the commandos’ bodies strewn across an outdoor market. The summary killings took place on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province, close to Afghanistan’s border with Turkmenistan.ĬNN has obtained and verified several videos of the incident and has spoken with witnesses. The victims were members of an Afghan Special Forces unit: their executioners, the Taliban. At least a dozen men are seen shot to death amid cries of “Allahu Akhbar” – God is Great.
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