Taliban Extortion and Morality Crimes Network Dismantled in Faryab.
Sources within the Taliban intelligence directorate in Faryab province have reported the arrest of a network accused of moral crimes and financial extortion.
According to preliminary information, three officials identified as Wakil Omid, Amir Khanjar, and Amir Hamed, along with a female associate, were arrested on 12 January 2026.
The sources said the suspects abused their official authority in positions including the Heavy Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department, the Domestic Violence Department, and the office of the neighborhood representative in District Four of Maimana city, forming an organized extortion ring.
Investigations indicate that the female associate contacted young men through video calls and secretly recorded the conversations.
Members of the network then threatened to release the footage unless victims paid sums ranging from 50,000 to 150,000 Afghanis.
According to documents and initial confessions, the group extorted money from dozens of individuals demanding more than 110,000 Afghanis from one victim and 50,000 from another while claims suggest the number of victims may reach into the hundreds.
Authorities say investigations are ongoing and legal proceedings against the suspects have begun.
