Taliban Prevent Burial of Former Militia Commander in His Village Cemetery

Members of the Taliban have prevented the burial of a former anti-Taliban commander in the cemetery of his home village in the northeastern Takhar province. The commander who had fled Taliban persecution was “mysteriously” killed recently in his home in Iran.

Relatives of the commander named Sayed Mahmood Butshekan said that the Taliban didn’t allow locals to bury him in the cemetery of his home village in Eshkamesh district of the province.