new york taliban fighters have taken over some un compounds in afghanistan searching and ransacking offices and in one case demanding the guards provide meals for a commander and his men according to an internal un report seen by reuterswe have also been advised by the taliban to remain in our compound for our safety which equates to ask permission before thinking about leaving the department for safety and security undss wrote in the aug 21 risk assessment reportit said the taliban has been inconsistent in dealing with united nations staff and that some afghan personnel had been prevented from entering some un premisesthe taliban did not immediately respond to a reuters request for comment on the un security report taliban spokesman zabihullah mujahid told a news conference on tuesday that the islamist group wished for good diplomatic relations with other countries and wanted foreign embassies to remain openthe united nations had some 300 international staff and 3000 afghan staff when the taliban seized power on aug 15 the world body has started moving about 100 of them to kazakhstan to continue workingliam mcdowall spokesman for the un political mission in afghanistan unama declined to comment on alleged leaked documents especially those tied to staff safety and securityhe said un premises have not been occupied by the taliban but acknowledged that some un buildings where no staff were present have been broken in to and looted with security personnel subjected to unacceptable intimidation but no harmthe undss report said that the uns afghan staff were often reporting house searches by the taliban and they are terrified and left alone in dealing with this new realitymcdowall said that no un staff member has reported a single house search detention or other serious incident involving the taliban but the un remains mindful of staff fears and that the security situation may further deterioratehe said extensive security arrangements were in placethe taliban spokesman on tuesday denied reports that the group were conducting house searches to find targets for reprisals saying we have forgotten everything in the pastno coherent command controlthe undss report rated the present security risk as very high that any un security convoy will be deliberately targeted by gunfire and un staff will be killed or injured it rated the risk as very high that taliban will enter a un compound and kill injure or abduct un personnelthe undss states that now the taliban is the adhoc afghan authority it is the governing element responsible for the security of our personnel and premiseshowever at present there is no coherent command and control with which we can liaise to discuss security requirements or problems neither is there a competent force that can or will provide security response in the event of a problem the undss warnedit did note that in some instances staff have been politely treated and our facilities and compounds respected and secured by the talibanthree afghans who work for the united nations told reuters they were concerned