While the Taliban has become media savvy and is claiming that they have granted general amnesty to everyone including those who fought against them, the ground reality is that they are still out to seek revenge and appear to be continuing with their harsh extremist ways.  

The Taliban have sentenced to death the brother of an Afghan translator, accusing him of helping America and providing security to his brother who worked with US troops, according to report by CNN.

The report is based on three letters written by the Taliban to the translator’s brother. The first letter accuses the translator’s brother of helping the Americans and summons him for a hearing. The second letter reprimands him for not appearing in the case while the third announces the death sentence.

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The letters, which were written in Pashto and translated into English for CNN, have seals that match those of archival Taliban letters.

The Taliban delivered the letters within the last three months to the interpreter's brother, CNN cited a former service member who worked with the interpreter a s saying.

The Taliban are also reported to be actively searching for people who worked for NATO forces or the previous Afghan government, according to a confidential UN document.

The document states that Taliban militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threatening their family members, the BBC has revealed.

"It is in writing that, unless they give themselves in, the Taliban will arrest and prosecute, interrogate and punish family members on behalf of those individuals," Christian Nellemann, who heads the group that authored the report, told the BBC.

He warned that anyone on the Taliban's blacklist was in severe danger, and that there could be mass executions.

At their first press conference after coming to power, the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid had sought to strike a note of conciliation, saying, "We don't want any internal or external enemies."

He said since the war was over the Taliban would grant amnesty to all those who were opposed to them. “We do not want any Afghan to leave the country. They should stay back and use their talent and expertise to help build the country, he added.

However, people are sceptical over the promises and thousands are still desperate to leave the country.