The TRUE face of the Taliban: A police chief blindfolded before being machine-gunned, villagers tortured to death and a journalist's family killed. Carnage in Afghanistan shows warlord's 'new image' for the sham it is
A regional police chief who fought the Taliban has been executed in cold blood by the jihadist group, according to reports.
Shocking video footage being circulated on the internet apparently shows the kneeling handcuffed and blindfolded figure of General Haji Mullah Achakzai, chief of Badghis Province near Herat, being gunned down in a hail of bullets.
The grey-haired commander was reported to have been arrested by the Taliban after they seized the area, near the Turkmenistan border, in their lightning advance late last week.
Shocking video footage being circulated on the internet apparently shows the kneeling handcuffed and blindfolded figure of General Haji Mullah Achakzai, chief of Badghis Province near Herat, being gunned down in a hail of bullets
General Haji Mullah Achakzai, chief of Badghis Province near Herat
The disturbing clip was re-tweeted by former BBC Persia journalist Nasrin Nawa after it emerged on the feed of an apparent resistance group to the Taliban called @PanjshirProvince.
After a content warning, Ms Nawa added: ‘Haji Mullah, Police chief of Badghis province executed by #Taliban. This is their public amnesty!’
The Taliban had promised that there would be no acts of vengeance against former enemies following their takeover of Afghanistan on Saturday.
The Taliban had promised that there would be no acts of vengeance against former enemies following their takeover of Afghanistan on Saturday. Pictured: Taliban fighters display their flag on patrol in Kabul on Thursday
Gen. Achakzai, in his early 60s, was an avowed enemy of the Taliban and known as a seasoned fighter in the long-running conflict between the group and the forces of the Afghan civil government, which fell at the weekend.
According to reports, the governor and police chief of Laghman Province near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan have also been detained, with their fate to be decided by the Taliban high command.
The brutal execution follows numerous reports of Taliban patrols going door-to-door in some areas and taking men of fighting age into detention.
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