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  • Taliban execute 22 Afghan commandos as they try to surrender

    07/14/2021 12:15:22 PM PDT · by BeauBo · 21 replies
    CNN ^ | July 14, 2021 | Anna Coren, Sandi Sidhu, Tim Lister and Abdul Basir Bina
    The victims were members of an Afghan Special Forces unit: their executioners, the Taliban. The summary killings took place on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province, close to Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan. CNN has obtained and verified several videos of the incident and has spoken with witnesses. Videos show the commandos' bodies strewn across an outdoor market. After a fierce battle to hold the town, the commandos had run out of ammunition and were surrounded by the Taliban fighters, witnesses said... In a statement to CNN Wednesday, Afghan Ministry of Defence spokesperson Fawad Aman said...