Taliban targeting people who worked with US and allies in Afghanistan, claims victim

Dr AS Barak, an Afghani refugee, living in New Delhi told ANI that his brother who worked as a typist with the US troops, was shot dead by Taliban on Sunday.

"I received a call yesterday from Kabul where my family members told me that my younger (Abdul) brother was shot dead by the Taliban in full public view," Dr AS Barak said.

"My younger brother was working with the US troops as a typist. Taliban shot him six times," Dr Barak said and added that his brother had no personal enmity, neither with the Taliban nor with anyone else.

He said that Afghans are living in constant fear under Taliban terror.

Taliban captured Kabul on Aug 15 and took control over Afghanistan.

As the last US military flight carrying troops left the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul on Aug 30, the United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan, ending a two-decade-long war ignominiously with Taliban in control.

The last three US military evacuation flights departed HKIA just ahead of the August 31 deadline. The last one, a C-17 Globemaster transport plane, took off from the Kabul airport at 3:29 pm. East Coast Time, Russia Today (RT) reported quoting General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM).

Foreign correspondents in Kabul reported how Taliban fighters rejoinced the historic event with celebratory gunfires after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan was officially completed.