The National Resistance Front (NRF) accused the Taliban of forced displacement, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes in northern Afghanistan. Ali Maisam Nazary, NRF’s Foreign Relations head, said that the Taliban’s crimes deepen the crisis and social rifts in the country.
According to Nazary, resistance against the Taliban is the only path forward to preserve the life, home, land, honour, and values of the Afghan people.
Nazary’s statement has been issued when, based on Taliban’s orders, forced displacement of 400 families had started in Mohajer Qeshlaq village of Khwaja Bahauddin district of Takhar province on Tuesday.
The Taliban officials have given the residents of the village three days to evacuate their homes.
Two local residents had told Afghanistan International that the families had been ordered to evacuate their homes on Tuesday, and at least 100 families have been displaced on Wednesday.
According to the sources, if these families do not leave the village within three days, "they will be forcibly evicted from their homes and they will not have the right to move out their belongings and clothes”.
A local resident had told Afghanistan International that women, children, and men have fled to the fields and cannot even afford to buy a tent.
Earlier, local sources from Baghlan Province had told Afghanistan International that the Taliban had forced at least five families to leave their village in Andarab district.
According to sources, the group had given five days to 10 other families in the district to leave their homes.
These families had been evicted from their homes due to their alleged ties to the NRF forces.
Several reports of the forced displacement of Panjshir and Baghlan residents have been published too.
In some cases, the Taliban have told displaced families that they do not have the right to live all over the nine northern provinces of Afghanistan.
The Taliban have continuously denied these reports.
