Afghanistan: UK embassy personnel declare Taliban poundings and abuse

Afghanistan: UK embassy personnel declare Taliban poundings and abuse

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By Sima Kotecha
UK Editor, BBC Newsnight Image caption, An unnamed employee states he was beaten by the Taliban for working at the embassy More than 100 males who worked at the British embassy in Afghanistan stay in the nation, with some informing the BBC they haveactually been beaten and tortured. The guys worked for the worldwide security business, GardaWorld, and lotsof hadactually been in post for more than a years. Several shared pictures of injuries they state were triggered by the Taliban. The UK federalgovernment states it hasactually left more than 15,000 individuals because last year and is working to bring more to the UK. A spreadsheet listing the names of more than 150 males who worked at the embassy and still live in the nation hasactually been seen and validated by BBC Two’s Newsnight. One guy, who cannot be called to safeguard his identity, stated he was justrecently beaten by the Taliban duetothefactthat of his previous task as a guard at the embassy. “I was sitting outside when shooters approached me, one of [them] assaulted me,” he stated. “They stated you were working for the British embassy. They began pounding me and they tossed me on the ground. They assaulted me onceagain and onceagain.” Image caption, “They assaulted me onceagain and onceagain,” one guy stated Another previous guard stated a militant hit him over the head with the butt of a rifle. He states he was just launched after the Taliban was persuaded he no longer worked for the British. This week, the UK federalgovernment stated the males would be able to use to come to the UK from 20 June as part of its Afghan residents resettlement plan (ACRS), which is mainly targeted at those who helped the UK efforts in Afghanistan.
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