As Taliban forces advance on more provincial capitals, the U.S. is warning that its fighters are committing atrocities that could amount to war crimes.
Extrajudicial killings are a war crime according to international law.
Critics have condemned the Biden administration for putting any stock in what Taliban leaders say or do in Doha, Qatar, where the militant group's political leadership is based. Negotiations there with the Afghan government have been all but dead since they launched last September, but U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is there this week in a last-ditch effort to revitalize them.with Taliban and Afghan government negotiators Thursday, according to a State Department spokesperson.
The Taliban have previously denied reports that they have killed Afghan troops -- but CNN obtained video last month showing 22 Afghan commandos being executed after they'd surrendered.
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