"Don't Want Such People In Our Ranks": Taliban Rebukes Members For Abuses
NDTV
Senior Taliban member Mohammad Yaqoob said abusive treatment by some "miscreants and notorious former soldiers" would not be tolerated.
The Taliban has issued a rebuke over misconduct by some of its members following the group's take over of the Western-backed government in Afghanistan last month, saying abuses would not be tolerated.
Senior Taliban member Mohammad Yaqoob said in an audio message that some "miscreants and notorious former soldiers" had been allowed to join Taliban units where they had committed a range of sometimes violent abuses. "We direct you keep them out of your ranks, otherwise strict action will be taken against you," he stated.
"We don't want such people in our ranks," he added.
The message from one of the Taliban's most senior leaders underlines the problems the Taliban have sometimes had in controlling their group, as they attempt to transition from an insurgency to a peacetime administration.
