Irish Examiner View: Rescue more Afghans

It emerged yesterday that Taliban fighters have allegedly killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist, according to the German state broadcaster. The report came as  Islamist militants intensified the hunt for reporters, dissidents, or those associated with western forces or the former government. Picture: AP

So much for Taliban assurances that they wanted a peaceful transfer of power and that they would not target those who worked with the international forces before they fled the country. It emerged yesterday that Taliban fighters have allegedly killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist, according to the German state broadcaster. The report came as  Islamist militants intensified the hunt for reporters, dissidents, or those associated with western forces or the former government.

There is sadly an air of inevitability around this, especially as the extent of the atrocities inflicted on Afghans by proxies of invading forces - sometimes by invading forces too - is revealed.