Taliban uses US biometric database to 'spy on' Afghanistan citizen who helped RAW, NATO

The Taliban have confirmed that they have access to the database and have mobilised a special unit, called Al Isha, to hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces.

Taliban fighters have access to a large amount of biometric data of persons who helped the US and their NATO allies or worked with Indian intelligence, several media reports said.

These reports come only days after it was found that US officials in Afghanistan had "Naively" handed over a "Kill list" comprising names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to the Taliban so they could be allowed to enter the Taliban-controlled perimeter around the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

US officials aimed to compile information on as many as 25 million Afghans that would allow them to spot Taliban infiltrators.

Eventually, everyone who worked with the Afghan government or the US military - including interpreters, drivers, nurses, and secretaries - was fingerprinted and scanned for the biometric database over the past 12 years.

Washington-based wire service platform Zenger News has learnt that the Taliban have mobilised a special unit, called Al Isha, to cannibalise this biometric data and hunt down Afghans who helped US and allied forces.

The news outlet also quoted an Afghan national army corps commander, who said, "The Afghan Taliban are incapable of handling the biometric equipment or the database. Every search party is overseen by a Pakistani officer or a member of the Haqqani Network."

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