{"id":662118,"date":"2021-08-19T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662118"},"modified":"2021-08-19T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:22:36","slug":"taliban-intensify-search-for-afghans-who-helped-u-s-have-a-list-of-people-to-question-and-punish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-intensify-search-for-afghans-who-helped-u-s-have-a-list-of-people-to-question-and-punish\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban \u2018Intensify Search\u2019 For Afghans Who Helped U.S., Have A \u2018List Of People\u2019 To \u2018Question And Punish\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-intensify-search-for-afghans-who-helped-u-s-have-a-list-of-people-to-question-and-punish%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=662118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234745859.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Taliban is \u201cintensifying\u201d its search for Afghans who helped the United States and have a \u201clist of people\u201d they intend to \u201cquestion and punish,\u201d according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/08\/19\/world\/taliban-afghanistan-news#the-taliban-intensify-a-search-for-people-who-worked-with-us-and-british-forces-a-un-document-says\">report from the New York Times<\/a>, based on a document prepared by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The development seems to complicate assurances from the Biden administration that the Taliban is somewhat reformed from its previous iteration. President Joe Biden seemed to hint at a changing interpretation of the Taliban\u2019s newfound commitment to freedom in his interview with ABC News\u2019s George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday night, but the New York Times report Thursday appears to confirm that little has changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019re going through a sort of existential crisis about: Do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government? I\u2019m not sure they do,\u201d Biden said, after being asked about the Taliban\u2019s blitz through Afghanistan \u2014 a blitz that American intelligence and security forces claim they did not foresee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaliban militants are intensifying a search for people they believe worked with U.S. and NATO forces, including among the crowds of Afghans at Kabul\u2019s airport, and have threatened to kill or arrest their family members if they cannot find them, according to a confidential United Nations document,\u201d the Times said Thursday. \u201cThe document, from a U.N. threat-assessment adviser, directly contradicted the militant group\u2019s public assurances that it would not seek revenge on members and supporters of the toppled government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Times added that the Taliban appear to have a \u201clist of people\u201d that they intend to \u201cquestion and punish,\u201d and Taliban fighters are going door-to-door \u201carresting and\/or threatening to kill or arrest family members of target individuals unless they surrender themselves to the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN report contained a letter that instructed \u201can unnamed counterterrorism official in Afghanistan who had worked with U.S. and British officials\u201d to \u201creport to the Military and Intelligence Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Kabul. If not, it warned, the official\u2019s family members \u2018will be treated based on Shariah law.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the United Nations has had apparent difficulty responding to the crisis in Afghanistan, they were at the forefront of warning the Biden administration that a swift military withdrawal could have \u201cdire consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the UN, \u201cDeborah Lyons, Special Representative and Head of the UN&nbsp;Assistance Mission in Afghanistan&nbsp;(UNAMA),&nbsp;said&nbsp;the \u2018possible&nbsp;slide toward dire scenarios is undeniable,&#8217;\u201d back in June, and specifically warned of the threat of Taliban fighters regaining strength in southern provinces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost districts that have been taken surround provincial capitals, suggesting that the Taliban are positioning themselves to try and take these capitals once foreign forces are fully withdrawn,\u201d the Special Representative said in June. Such a scenario&nbsp;would lead to \u2018increased and prolonged violence\u2019 and threaten to destroy much of what has been built and hard-won&nbsp;over&nbsp;the past 20&nbsp;years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That scenario appears to have come to pass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/thousands-stranded-after-taliban-block-off-kabul-airport-near-empty-evac-flights-departing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thousands Stranded After Taliban Block Off Kabul Airport, \u2018Near-Empty\u2019 Evac Flights Departing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">counter-cultural<\/span>&nbsp;outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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