At the end of footage the Taliban fighters say they must shoot the Afghan soldier because "he has to look shot". Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban spokesman, told BBC today that they had changed significantly from the bloodthirsty Islamists of the early 2000s. In response to the violence displayed by the Taliban, he said: "Violence is not the official policy. Mr Saleh, the former Afghan vice president, became one of the leaders of anti-Taliban opposition forces in the Panjshir valley. Ebadullah Saleh told Reuters in a text: "They executed my uncle"They killed him yesterday and would not let us bury him.

Source: Daily Mirror September 11, 2021 22:22 UTC