Two former soldiers were killed in Kabul and Paktia; new evidence against the Taliban’s claim of general amnesty.
Despite the Taliban’s repeated claims of “general amnesty,” new evidence once again reveals the continuation of the group’s policy of revenge against former soldiers.
In the most recent cases, two former security force officers were brutally murdered in Kabul and Paktia.
Local sources in Paktia say that Abdul Zahir, a former army sergeant, was killed in the Ahmadabad district of the province after six months of torture in a secret Taliban prison and his body was buried under rocks.
He had returned to civilian life after the fall of the republic.
In another incident in Kabul, Ahmad Fahim Haidari, a special police officer, was shot dead by Taliban fighters in front of his house in the Qasba area.
He was originally from Kapisa province and had returned to Afghanistan after being expelled from Iran.
In addition to these killings, sources also reported the arrest and transfer of another former soldier to Bagram prison.
These incidents, along with numerous other reports, indicate that the Taliban have not only not kept their promise of a general amnesty, but are also continuing to physically purge the former government’s security figures through extrajudicial and violent methods—an approach that human rights organizations have previously condemned.
The Taliban spokesman’s recent statements that “revenge actions are individual and unsystematic” pale in the face of mounting evidence and reinforce serious questions about parallel structures, secret prisons, and the role of Taliban security agencies in these actions.
