Police chief under AGO investigation over killing of civilians in Behsud

Allahdad Fedaee, police chief of Maidan Wardak province, has been suspended from his post and referred to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) for investigation over alleged killing and wounding “unarmed” civilians in a protest rally in Behsud district of Maidan Wardak province, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement, issued today, Monday, February 08.

The protesters were unarmed and 11 civilians were killed and 31 others wounded after the protest turned violent in Hesa-e-Awal Behsud district of the province last week, the statement said.