{"id":15419,"date":"2026-02-05T03:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15419"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:03:28","slug":"return-equals-death-former-soldier-assassinated-in-kapisa-after-expulsion-from-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/return-equals-death-former-soldier-assassinated-in-kapisa-after-expulsion-from-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Equals Death; Former Soldier Assassinated in Kapisa After Expulsion from Iran."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15427\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/anazamiddeedq-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Return Equals Death; Former Soldier Assassinated in Kapisa After Expulsion from Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Local sources in Kapisa province report the targeted assassination of Nabiullah Ahmadi, a former soldier and former chief bodyguard of Engineer Mir Haider Afzali, a former representative of the province, by Taliban operatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The killing occurred last night in the Mahmood Raqi area, the provincial center of Kapisa, and represents a new example of the Taliban\u2019s systematic elimination of forces associated with the previous regime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Despite claims of a &#8220;general amnesty,&#8221; this policy continues unabated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to sources, Nabiullah Ahmadi fled to Iran after the fall of the republic and lived there for nearly three years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>However, in September of this year, he was expelled from Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Upon his forced return to Afghanistan, he worked as a driver on the Kapisa\u2013Kabul route to earn a living.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Local sources confirm that last night his vehicle was stopped in the Rigrowan area by armed Taliban members and he was shot dead directly, without any legal process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Sources also report that the Taliban threatened Ahmadi\u2019s family to prevent them from speaking to the media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This action demonstrates an apparent effort to conceal the reality of the killing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This assassination once again proves that the Taliban, through threats, disappearances, and direct killings, are actively clearing former soldiers and creating a climate of fear for returnees from neighboring countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This situation places the lives of thousands of former personnel at serious risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return Equals Death; Former Soldier Assassinated in Kapisa After Expulsion from Iran. Local sources in Kapisa province report the targeted assassination of Nabiullah Ahmadi, a former soldier and former chief bodyguard of Engineer Mir Haider Afzali, a former representative of the province, by Taliban operatives. The killing occurred last night in the Mahmood Raqi area, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15429,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15419\/revisions\/15429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}