The Taliban have dismissed about 3,000 members accused of abusive practices from its hardline Islamist movement in a widespread “vetting process” launched since coming to power, an official said Saturday. The Taliban took back control of Afghanistan in August after a 20-year insurgency against former US-backed governments and NATO foreign forces. Promising a softer rule to their 1996-2001 regime, the Taliban government launched a commission to identify members who were flouting the movement’s regulations. They were removed in this vetting process so that we can build a clean army and police force in the future,” the head of the panel Latifullah Hakimi in the defence ministry told AFP. Hakimi said those suspended were from 14 provinces and the process to “filter out” such members will continue in other provinces.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2022 16:19 UTC