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Credibility Assessment
Cites anonymous local sources in Taloqan with details on date, location, amount stolen, and incident description. Single source without named individuals, corroboration, or right of reply for the accusation against Taliban. Human verification could not find anything to support these claims either.
Sources in Taloqan city, the capital of Takhar province, say that Taliban members killed an elderly man after lunch on Friday by beating and kicking him in the Makhtab school alley. The man was accused of stealing 2,000 afghanis.
Sources confirmed to the 8am newspaper on Friday, 30 Aqrab, that the elderly man was severely beaten in front of dozens of passersby. According to the sources, local residents only watched the incident and did not react.
Local sources add that the elderly man was from a poor family in one of the villages around Taloqan and had been struggling with severe financial hardship in recent months. Widespread poverty and the lack of job opportunities since the Taliban's return to power have led more people to resort to theft due to financial needs.
