KABUL - The findings of a study by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) reveal distressing crimes were committed by the Taliban and their affiliates during their siege on the northern city of Kunduz about three weeks ago.

Murder, rape, looting, torture and beating, targeted killings, taking of hostages, sheltering in civilian homes, freeing prisoners, blocking roads and preventing civil services were among the crimes revealed by the AIHRC in a report issued on Friday.

Nearly 50 civilians were killed including a school teacher and 350 others were injured after the Taliban stormed the city, the report said.

Based on the findings, 15 of those killed were attacked when they were fleeing their homes.

"When the insurgents stormed Kunduz city, either they paved grounds for the violation of human rights or they violated the rights themselves," AIHRC spokesman Raifullah Bedar told TOLOnews.

The report confirmed that women and girls were raped in Kunduz. However the Taliban has repeatedly rejected these claims as untrue.

"The report states that a number of people visited our [Kunduz] office and said women were raped there," the spokesman said.

According to the findings, the Taliban had violated human's rights by attacking the civilians and sheltering in their homes.

The Taliban attack on Kunduz has left more than 100,000 residents displaced, it added.

The commission says that the Taliban and their affiliates are responsible for all the crimes in Kunduz except for the bombings on a hospital belonging to "Doctors without Borders."

At least 22 people were killed, including 12 staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital after it came under and airstrike.

However the commission appointed by President Ashraf Ghani to investigate the fall of Kunduz has intensified its works.

Ghani said during his visit to Kunduz on Friday that the initial findings of the task team showed that the people of Kunduz do not need food, instead they need a good system. (Tolonews)