Dawlat Abad, Afghanistan (CNN) Over clear but unsteady video, the words ring out: "Surrender, commandos, surrender." The summary killings took place on June 16 in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province, close to Afghanistan's border with Turkmenistan. The Taliban told CNN the videos showing the commandos being shot were fake and government propaganda to encourage people not to surrender. The Afghan Ministry of Defense denied the Taliban was holding the commandos and told CNN they were killed. They 'shot them all'According to several witnesses interviewed by CNN in Dawlat Abad, the commandos were shot in cold blood.

Source: CNN July 13, 2021 06:56 UTC